Links to Rural Mental Health Web Sites

• Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network
• National Association for Rural Mental Health
• Office of Rural Mental Health Research (part of the National Institute of      Mental Health)
• Resource Center for Rural Behavioral Health
• Rural Family Medicine's Rural Mental Health Links and Reading Materials
• Rural Mental Health Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
• RuralPsych (American Psychological Association Resource Center for Rural Behavioral Health)
• Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center (University of Virginia)

Publications/Articles:  (Several of these sources are reprinted from the former Rural Information Center Health Service)

These publications are available from the HRSA Information Center:

• Rural Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Resources Directory (1999)
• Meeting the Challenge: Model Programs in Rural Mental Health (1995)

These publications are available online:

• The Behavioral Health Care Needs of Rural Women. The Rural Women’s Work Group of the Rural Task Force of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Rural Health, 2000. (PDF format)
• Bringing Excellence To Substance Abuse Services in Rural And Frontier America. Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 20, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services. 1997.
• Drugs in the Heartland: Methamphetamine Use in Rural Nebraska . Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice. April 2000.  (PDF format)
• Journal of Rural Community Psychology
• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (for a discussion of Rural Mental health Services, see Chapter 2, Section 8-1) (1999)
• Mental Health in Rural America. An Issue Paper Prepared by the National Rural Health Association. May 1999.
• Mental Health, United States, 2000. Edited by Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D. and Marilyn J. Henderson, M.P.A. Center for Mental Health Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services, DHHS Pub No. (SMA) 01-3537. 2001.
• No Place to Hide: Substance Abuse in Mid-Size Cities and Rural America. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), January 2000.
• Rural Issues in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment. Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 10, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 94-2063. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services. 1994.
• Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge and Issues. NIDA Research Monograph, Number 168. National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1997.
• Treating Alcohol and Other Drug Abusers in Rural and Frontier Areas. Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 17, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 95-3054. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services. 1995.
• Impact of Mental Illness.  Rural Mental Health, January 2002.  University of Montana Rural Institute.
• Mental Health Services Issues for Hispanics/Latinos in Rural America.  In Motion Magazine, May 30, 2000. Jose L. Soto, J.D.

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