This manuscript reviews the unique challenges, barriers, and ethical implications of
providing mental health services in rural and underserved areas. Community mental health …

Rural and small communities offer particular ethical concerns for providers and recipients of
mental health care. These include issues of dual and multiple roles, limits of competence …

Roughly 15 million of the 62 million rural US residents struggle with mental illness and
substance abuse. These rural dwellers have significant health care needs but commonly …

The goal of this investigation was to increase understanding of barriers to mental health care
for individuals who live in rural areas. The study followed a phenomenological qualitative …

A person who provides a service is often perceived as an ideal for admiration, regard, and
emulation increasing the likelihood of our consulting these persons with dilemmas of life …

This manuscript outlines the challenges and opportunities associated with rural mental
health practice, and provides descriptive data on the scope of care, area of competence, and …

Mental health professionals practicing in rural areas face ethical dilemmas different from
those experienced by their urban counterparts and may find that the existing ethics literature …

Human resource issues related to the provision of mental health care in rural areas under
the proposed health care reform are addressed. Rural areas continue to utilize more non …

To investigate differences in the experiences of rural versus non-rural clinicians, we
surveyed caregivers in New Mexico and Alaska regarding ethical aspects of care provision …

Glaring disparities in access and availability of mental health (services like counseling,
therapy, assessment and consultation) care in rural areas necessitates the interdisciplinary …