Mental Health

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Mental Health. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

• Campus Suicide Prevention -- To provide a comprehensive program to identify student needs and intervene to prevent suicide and support students and their families.
• Carol M. White Grant Evaluation -- Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
• Center of Excellence Women's Health Region VIII Demonstration Project -- Focuses on the needs of women of all ages, with particular emphasis toward women in rural areas as well as the needs of diverse populations, especially Native American women.
• Evaluation of Suicide Prevention -- Evaluation of the North Dakota Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
• Healthcare Needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans -- The purpose of this project was to conduct a statewide assessment of health status, healthcare access, and health risk of AI veterans residing on North Dakota’s four reservations and one Indian service area
• Mood Disorder Assessment in Northern Plains Indians -- Looks at the accuracy of clinical psychological tests used to detect depression, anxiety, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse problems with American Indian patients.
• Primary Care Office -- The North Dakota Primary Care Office (PCO) program is a subcontract with the North Dakota State Health Department for shortage area designation activities.
• SEARCH -- The SEARCH (Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health) program provides health professions students and residents with opportunities to work on interdisciplinary health care teams.
• State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup -- To utilize relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide substance use prevention planning, programming and evaluation.

Staff

• Conway, Pat
• Gray, Jacque

Presentations

• Cultural Competency & Limited English Proficiency (LEP): Resources and Applications for Mental Health Services in Rural Communities
  Presented by Spencer, K. on Aug 9, 2008 at the National Association for Rural Mental Health's 34th Annual Conference, Burlington, VT.
• Culturally Appropriate and Valid Psychological Assessments for Ethical Use with American Indians and Alaska Natives
  Presented by Gray, J., Green, J., & Knudson, A. on Jun 23, 2008 at the 21st Annual Conference for the Society of Indian Psychologists, Logan, UT.
• NARCH Pilot Study: Mood Disorder Assessment Validation with Northern Plains Indians
  Presented by Gray, J. & Gillis, A. on Aug 15, 2007 at the Northern Plains NARCH Committee for Scientific Evaluation of Projects, Rapid City, SD.
• Assessing Substance Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota
  Presented by Muus, K. on Jun 27, 2007 at the annual conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlantic City, NJ.
• The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jan 17, 2007 at the College of Nursing, Grand Forks, ND.
• The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Oct 24, 2006 at the National Primary Care Week, Grand Forks, ND.
• Suicide Prevention
  Presented by Kruger, G. on Jul 27, 2005 at the Budget Committee on Healthcare, Bismarck, ND.

Publications

• A College Suicide Prevention Model for American Indian Students, Muehlenkamp, J.J., Marrone, S., Gray, J.S., & Brown, D., Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (In Press) , 2008
  This article outlines the model developed for the American Indian Support Team from funding through the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to focus on reducing suicide risk of American Indian students at the University of North Dakota.
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota: The North Dakota Epidemiological Profile, 2007, Muus, K., Gray, J., & the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, March, 2007
  The report examines the prevalence and patterns of substance (alcohol, tobacco and other drug) use and consequences in North Dakota.
• Evaluation of North Dakota's National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Muus, K., & Amundson, M., Texas Journal of Rural Health, Vol. XVII, No 1, 1998
  
• The Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Implications for North Dakota Tribes, McDonald, F., November, 2004
  
• National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Amundson, M., Family Practice Quarterly, Spring, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1995
  
• Suicide in North Dakota: A Dialogue Across State and Tribal Boundaries, Kruger, G. & Gray, J., Fall, 2005
  Discusses suicide factors, trends, prevention strategies, and barriers to help.