Behavioral Health

North Dakota faces a serious lack of behavioral health services and professionals. Stigma and privacy concerns associated with mental health issues in rural areas may mean that many people do not seek out the few services available. The Center for Rural Health works to offset behavioral health disparities by:

• Supporting rural health facilities as they work to provide behavioral health services.
• Addressing the lack of culturally competent behavioral health professionals in tribal communities.
• Sharing behavioral health research, data, and best practices.
• Utilizing relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide North Dakota's substance abuse prevention planning, programming, and evaluation.

Key Contacts

• Rebecca Quinn, MSW, LCSW - Program Director
• Jacque Gray, PhD - Associate Director

Most Recent Publications

• Executive Summary: Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs Among Probation and Parole Officers in Region 8
  This is an executive summary of the larger report, Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs: Findings, Implications, and Summary of a Survey of Probation and Parole Officers in Region 8. The brief summarizes the mental health training needs of probation and parole officers in the six-state region and provides recommendations for future work.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Heitkamp, T., Martinefski, D.
  Date: March 2020
  Type: Policy Brief
• Colorado Probation and Parole: Mental Health Training Needs
  This fact sheet describes specific results for the state of Colorado from a survey assessing the mental health training needs among probation and parole officers throughout U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Region 8.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S.
  Date: January 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet
• Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs: Findings, Implications, and Summary of a Survey of Probation and Parole Officers in Region 8
  This report describes the results of a survey assessing the mental health training needs among probation and parole officers throughout the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Region 8. The report includes an overall assessment, a presentation of training needs among rural and urban probation and parole officers, varied training needs between probation and parole, and state specific reports.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Heitkamp, T., Martinefski, D.
  Date: January 2020
  Type: Report
• Montana Probation and Parole: Mental Health Training Needs
  This fact sheet describes specific results for the state of Montana from a survey assessing the mental health training needs among probation and parole officers throughout U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Region 8.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S.
  Date: January 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet
• North Dakota Probation and Parole: Mental Health Training Needs
  This fact sheet describes specific results for the state of North Dakota from a survey assessing the mental health training needs among probation and parole officers throughout U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Region 8.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S.
  Date: January 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet

Most Recent Presentations

• Benefits of Developing Interdisciplinary Teams and Working with Rural Communities to Conduct Research with a Local Impact
  Presented by Schroeder, S., Ruthig, J., Hand, L., Sanner-Stiehr, E., Heitkamp, T. on Oct 14, 2019 at the WONCA World Rural Health Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Factor Analysis of Beck Depression Inventory-II with Two American Indian Samples
  Presented by Gray, J., Petros, T., Stupnisky, R. on Aug 08, 2019 at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois
• Measuring Social Stigma in North Dakota around Mental Health Disorders
  Presented by Schroeder, S. on Jun 11, 2019 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Minot, North Dakota
• Measuring Stigma Around Mental Illness in Rural Communities
  Presented by Heitkamp, T., Tan, C., Urlacher, B., Schroeder, S. on May 09, 2019 at the National Rural Health Association's Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
• Addressing Rural Mental Health Session #1: Rural Mental Health Disparities and Workforce Implications
  Presented by Heitkamp, T., Schroeder, S., Bruflodt, M. on Apr 25, 2019 at the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, webinar