Susan Doherty, AHA’s Vice President of Field Engagement, and Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services, write on the unique ways suicide affects rural communities and the innovative ways rural health care providers are caring for their neighbors.
Even before the COVID pandemic, the mental health and wellness of our young people was failing. The pandemic exacerbated the crisis and made it difficult for them to access needed care; many health care systems are still struggling to meet the challenge.
