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Colorado's Rural Communities Struggle with Mental Health Care Access — and Stigma

Source
Colorado Politics
Date
Jul 20, 2024
Summary
Discusses factors contributing to mental healthcare provider shortages in rural Colorado and solutions for addressing the shortage including telemedicine, interventions for farmers and farmworkers, and other policy measures. Highlights the role of stigma as a barrier to care.
Tagged as
Behavioral health workforce · Farmers and farmworkers · Health workforce supply and demand · Policy · Stigma · Telehealth · Colorado