Objective: To assess the association between rurality and depression care. Methods: Data
were extracted for 10,319 individuals with self‐reported depression in the Medical …

Objective: Individuals with depression in rural areas showed greater odds of hospitalization
over one year than their urban counterparts in a single-state study; however, differences …

Background and Objectives: Rural populations experience more adverse living
circumstances than urban populations, but the evidence regarding the prevalence of mental …

Policy‐makers have long suspected that greater barriers to care result in depressed rural
residents being less likely to receive high‐quality treatment. This study recruited 470 …

To assess a guideline‐based intervention's impact on depression care provided in rural vs.
urban primary care settings, 12 community primary care practices (four rural, eight urban) …

Objective: To describe rural primary care physicians' current preferences in treating
depression and the bar-riers they face in providing effective care for this con-dition. Design …

Despite the prevalence and consequence of depression in rural areas, the literature on
treating depression in rural areas is relatively scarce and inconclusive. The use of mental …

Objectives. Because there are fewer per capita providers trained to deliver mental health
services in rural areas, the authors hypothesized that depressed rural individuals would …

Reexamined the prevalence of depressive symptoms among 1,724 rural,
noninstitutionalized older adults (aged 59–99 yrs) and documented the need for mental …

Rural residence may reduce access to specialized mental health services. The objective of
this study was to examine the role of rural residence in relation to service utilization. Using …