Mental Health Stressors and Barriers to Support Among Rural Farmers: A Qualitative Study of Agricultural Communities in the East South-Central United States

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Explores how farmers experience mental health stressors, coping strategies, and barriers to seeking help via thematic analysis of interviews with 14 rural Kentucky farmers. Discusses farming-specific stressors, stigma, self-reliance, and lessons for suicide prevention.

Jeanne M. Ward, Melissa Perkins, John R. Blosnich

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 23(8), 983

07/2026

Access · Culture · Farmers and farmworkers · Mental health · Stigma · Suicide and suicide prevention · Kentucky