Rural Mental Health – Resources

SAMHSA Rural Behavioral Health
Highlights the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) grants and programs related to rural behavioral health treatment, workforce, community-based resources, prevention strategies, and program technical assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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National Rural Adolescent and Child Health ECHO Training Center
Works to ensure children and adolescents in rural and frontier communities have access to pediatric mental and behavioral healthcare. Provides training and technical assistance for programs and providers. Operates under the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Mental Health America: Rural Mental Health Resources
Highlights resources and information on rural mental health and wellbeing. Discusses mental healthcare access, stigma, telehealth, rural isolation and loneliness, and youth mental health in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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Community Mental Health Information Community Partnerships Toolkit
Resources designed to help community organizations, healthcare providers, educators, and other partners address mental health information needs in their communities. Offers guides, templates, and strategies to establish partnerships, develop mental health programs, and promote mental health awareness and support. Includes a section on rural mental health information.
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Autism Toolkit
Toolkit aims to improve rural autism care through guided feedback and informed expertise. Features a partnership between community members and researchers in Georgia and offers answers to questions about treatments, medications, and common beliefs about autism.
Sponsoring organization: Mercer University School of Medicine
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Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the behavioral health workforce between 2017 and 2021. Uses 2017-2021 IQVIA Xponent retail prescription data to identify prescribers of behavioral health medications and state licensure data from 2020 and 2021 to identify licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Best Practices Registry
Presents a database of best practices for suicide prevention. Allows users to search by population served, location, and approaches, including by rural and urban locations.
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Disaster Behavioral Health Resources
Offers a variety of resources for professionals working in disaster behavioral health fields. Includes the Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series Resource Center, an information series searchable by specific population and type of disaster. Also, comprises publications discussing new research and information: The Dialogue, a quarterly newsletter; SAMHSA DTAC Bulletin, a monthly journal; and SAMHSA DTAC Supplemental Research Bulletin, providing practitioners, planners, and responders a review of current published research and literature. Several tip sheets are included to help first responders, healthcare professionals, and survivors after disasters and traumatic events.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
Hotline providing mental health information and support to pregnant and new mothers. The hotline can be reached at 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS or 1-833-943-5746.
Additional links: En Español
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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American Indian and Alaska Native Behavioral Health
Provides resources and information about mental health and substance use disorder services for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Highlights information on tribal behavioral healthcare coverage, substance use disorders, and provides a service locator.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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