Mental health services available in many rural communities are too limited in scope and availability to meet the needs of rural citizens. The future of mental health services for the rural poor will be impacted by state government decisions about Medicaid funding priorities. It is important that ...
Mental Health Services In Rural AmericaPresents the February 8, 2000 speech by Bernard Arons, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, delivered to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health in ...
To facilitate reform efforts, more research is needed on the current status of mental health services in rural long-term care. Also needed are new tools promoting the targeted use of provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to address the mental health needs of rural long-term care recipi...
The overall provider shortage, combined with other unique factors, means rural residents have the odds stacked against them when it comes to seeking mental and behavioral healthcare. But one expert says telehealth can make a big difference.
Mental Health Services In Rural America Presents the February 8, 2000 speech by Bernard Arons, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, delivered to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health in Washington, D.C., on the issue of mental health services in rural A... B Arons ...
Efforts toward health care reform for people with mental illness in rural America must take into consideration the unique characteristics of these areas. Universal coverage, for example, would remove the barriers to accessing care for this population, but would not assure an expansion of services or...
A precise understanding of the role of the social worker in rural mental health services is necessary to ensure the adequate training of workers destined for this setting. The authors have conducted a survey of mental health staff in one rural area, examining the interrelationships among such facto...
Mental Health ServicesPsychiatric NursingEducation, NursingRural Health ServicesPersonnel ManagementMental health nursing as a distinct speciality has been in decline in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, for two decades. Arguably, this decline has worsened both consumer outcomes and the workplace ...
This paper aims to contribute to the development of a more sustainable Australian rural community mental health workforce by comparing the findings from a literature search investigating impacting factors on retention with the experiences of community mental health service managers running services in rural...
A discussion of a project which has been developed at the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Flinders University in Australia to help improve the delivery of mental health services for older people in rural areas is presented.FullerProfessor of Nursing (Primary Health Care)School of Nursing & ...