TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The changing context of rural America: a call to examine the impact of social change on mental health and mental health care
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Carpenter-Song, Elizabeth
A1  - Snell-Rood, Claire
SP  - 503
EP  - 506
VL  - 68
IS  - 5
N2  - Recent social changes and rising social inequality in the rural United States have affected the experience and meaning of mental illness and treatment seeking within rural communities. Rural Americans face serious mental health disparities, including higher rates of suicide and depression compared with residents of urban areas, and substance abuse rates in rural areas now equal those in urban areas. Despite these increased risks, people living in rural areas are less likely than their urban counterparts to seek or receive mental health services. This Open Forum calls for a research agenda supported by anthropological theory and methods to investigate the significance of this changed rural social context for mental health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600024
ID  - ref1
ER  -