Mental Health in Rural America A Field Guide [Paperback]

This book provides a comprehensive overview of mental health in rural America, with the goal of fostering urgently needed research and honest conversations about providing accessible, culturally competent mental health care to rural populations. Grounding the work is an explanation of the history and structure of rural mental health care, the culture of rural living among diverse groups, and the crucial As and S : accountability, accessibility, acceptability, affordability, and stigma. The book then examines poverty, disaster mental health, ethics in rural mental health, and school counseling. It ends with practical information and treatments for two of the most common problems, suicide and substance abuse, and a brief exploration of collaborative possibilities in rural mental health care.

About the Author  Acknowledgments  Preface  Introduction  1. What Defines Rural and Frontier, and Why Are They Important?  2. Rural Mental Health Policy and Parity  3. Obstacles to Treatment - The Four A's and an S : Accessibility, Availability, Acceptability, Affordability, and Stigma  4. The Structure of Rural Mental Health Care: State, County, Town, Village.  5. Understanding the Culture of Rural Living  6. Agricultural Roots of Rurality  7. Disaster Mental Health  8. Poverty 9. Types of Mental Health Practitioners and Their Scopes of Practice  10. Treatment Philosophies and Models  11. Issues in Rural Practice  12. The 3 Rs of Schools in Rural Areas: Reassurance, Responsibility, and Resolution  13. Substance Abuse in Rural Areas  14. Suicide in Rural Areas  15. A Day in the Life of a Rural Mental Health Practitioner  16. The Rural Economy in Transition  17. Technological Innovations in Rural Mental Health Services  18. Looking Forward: Collaborative Possibilities&nbspl£!