Research Alert: November 7, 2017

Rural Health Recap

Rural Behavioral Health

The Rural Health Research Centers are committed to providing timely, quality national research on the most pressing rural health issues, often exploring the same topics from various perspectives. Gateway has developed Rural Health Research Recaps to identify the key findings from all of the research centers on specific rural health topics. This resource provides a summary of their most recent research on behavioral health. See the Additional Resources below for the complete list of Research Centers' work cited in this Recap.

Additional Resources of Interest:

• 2014 Update of the Rural-Urban Chartbook
• Adverse Childhood Experiences in Rural and Urban Contexts
• Changes in the Supply of Physicians With a DEA DATA Waiver to Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
• Mental Health First Aid in Rural Communities: Appropriateness and Outcomes
• Rural and Urban Utilization of the Emergency Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• Supply and Distribution of the Behavioral Health Workforce in Rural America
• Understanding the Business Case for Telemental Health in Rural Communities
• More information from the Rural Health Information Hub's topic guides: Mental Health, Substance Use and Misuse