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, LMSW - Program Director
• Jacque Gray, PhD - Associate Director

Most Recent Publications

• CRH Continues Its Mission During COVID-19
  Center for Rural Health (CRH) staff help rural communities, healthcare facilities, and others navigate through COVID-19.
  Author(s): Haugen, B.
  Publication: Focus on Rural Health
  Date: July 2020
  Type: Article
• Dental Pain Management in Dental Clinics, Emergency Rooms, and Primary Care Settings in North Dakota
  This fact sheet describes emergency room data and results from a survey among North Dakota dentists to better understand dental pain management, dentists' screening practices, and risk factors associated with and predictive of opioid prescribing behavior.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
  Date: June 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet
• Farm Stress: Facts, Impact of COVID-19, and Resource and Training Needs of Mental Health Care Providers
  This brief shares feedback and data about farm stress, mental health implications, and COVID-19.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Heitkamp, T., Clark, B., Holiday, E., Breigenzer, A., Johnson, S.
  Date: June 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet
• MHTTC Network: Addressing Mental Health Workforce Needs
  This document defines the mental health workforce and workforce development, identifies major needs of the mental health workforce, and highlights projects of the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network designed to address those needs.
  Author(s): Davidson, L., Schroeder, S.
  Date: June 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet
• Mental Health Resources for K-12 Educators During COVID-19
  This product compiles all recent toolkits, guides, tip sheets, and infographics that have been developed by reputable sources to assist educators throughout the current health pandemic (COVID-19).
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Heitkamp, T., Diers, L., Winfield, S.
  Date: April 2020
  Type: Fact Sheet

Most Recent Presentations

• Introduction to Farm Stress: Mental Health Needs Among Diverse Farm Populations
  Presented by Schroeder, S., Heitkamp, T., Perdue, M. on Nov 25, 2019 at the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network, Webinar
• 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