Useful Links to Other Sites

Rural Mental Health Links

• Frontier Mental Health Service Resource Network
  
  
• Rural Psych
  This is an American Psychological Association website designed to serve as a resource for providers, purchasers, and consumers of behavioral health care in frontier and rural areas. The goal of RuralPSYCH is to alleviate the two primary problems encountered by psychologists providing mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) treatment in frontier and rural areas: 1) professional isolation and 2) lack of current treatment information.
  
  
• Journal of Rural Community Psychology
  A peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in electronic form devoted to sociological, psychological and mental health issues in rural and small community settings.
  
  
• University of Florida National Rural Behavior Health Center
  
  
  

Rural Health Links                        [top]

• Learning Disabilities
  
  
• National Rural Health Association
  This website gives information about the association, its publications, advocacy efforts, and events. In addition, the site has information on research, educational opportunities, and links to other rural health sites.
  
  
• Office of Rural Health Policy
  
  
• Capital Area Rural Health Roundtable
  The Capital Area Rural Health Roundtable is a forum for the exchange of ideas and open discussion on important rural health topics. The Roundtable is committed to enlarging the circle of participation in rural health policy; encouraging collaboration through shared knowledge and mutual understanding; and promoting strength through diversity.
  
  
• Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Established in 1992, the Maine Rural Health Research Center (MRHRC) is one of five national rural health services research centers funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. The MRHRC is also one of five rural managed care centers funded by the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
  
  
• Rural Health Webring
  The Rural Health WebRing is comprised of sites dedicated to rural health issues-it includes government, educational and health agency websites from around the world.
  
  
• National Farm Medicine Center
  The National Farm Medicine Center, located in Central Wisconsin, exists for one reason - to improve the health of people involved with agricultural systems and products. The Website has information on the centers programs, activities, and research.
  
  
  

Rural Mental Health Research                   [top]

• Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth: A Little Meth and A Lot of Booze
  
  
• Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center, University of Virginia
  
  
• Center for Rural Mental Health Research, WICHE
  
  
• Maine Rural Health Research Center, Muskie School of Public Heatlh
  
  
  

Rural Links                        [top]

• Center for Rural Affairs
  The website for the Center for Rural Affairs, a non-profit organization devoted to policy research, advocacy, and service to America's family farms and rural communities.
  
  
• RUPRI
  The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) conducts policy-relevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs.
  
  
• Rural Sociological Society
  The offical website of the Rural Sociological Society. Contains information on research and publications.
  
  
  

Mental Health Links                        [top]

• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  
  
• Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP)
  
  
• Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Mental Health Program
  
  
• Pathways to Promise
  
  
• Mental Health Metasearch
  
  
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  Since its first meeting in 1979, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has become the nation's leading grassroots, self-help and family advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder.
  
  
  

Substance Abuse Links                        [top]

• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
  
  
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
  
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  
  
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  
  
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
  
  
  

Other Relevant Federal Goverment Web Site Links                        [top]

• National Health Service Corp
  
  
• National Center for Health Statistics
  
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  
• Administration on Children, Youth and Families
  
  
• Indian Health Service
  
  
• Health Care Financing Administration
  
  
• Health Resources Services Administration
  
  
• Administration on Aging
  
  
• Brownson's Nursing Notes
  
  
  

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05.07.2007