Cooperative Extension offices as mental health hubs: A social ecological case study in rural Georgia, United States

• Main Authors: Virginia Brown (Author), Maria Bowie (Author), Diane Bales (Author), Anna Scheyett (Author), Rebecca Thomas (Author), Georgeanna Cook (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rural communities in the U.S. face multiple mental health challenges, with lack of accessible, acceptable services, skepticism towards those outside the community, and stigma towards help-seeking. Mobilizing rural communities to address mental health may be possible if facilitated by a trusted local...