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 Contact

Jacque Gray, PhD - Associate Director

Most Recent Publications

• Impact and Likelihood of Behavioral Health Workforce Interventions
  This report presents the results of a survey assessing the impact and likelihood of several behavioral health workforce interventions proposed for North Dakota.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S., Vanderzanden, K.
  Date: April 2018
  Type: Report
• Unmasking Brain Injury
  The results of brain injuries often can't be seen. Survivors, however, are finding their voices through the Unmasking Brain Injury project launched by the North Dakota Brain Injury Network.
  Author(s): Haugen, B.
  Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 43(1), 6-7
  Date: March 2018
  Type: Magazine
• Rural Health Research RECAP: Opioid Use and Treatment Availability
  Examines opioid use in rural communities as well as the perceived need for and use of treatment for opioid use disorder.
  Author(s): Schroeder, S.
  Date: January 2018
  Type: Fact Sheet
• Rural Health Research RECAP: Rural Behavioral Health
  Rural behavioral health issues are compounded by a lack of access to care, workforce shortages, reimbursement issues, and high rates of uninsured or underinsurance. This resource provides a summary of the Rural Health Research Centers’ most recent research on behavioral health.
  Author(s): Tamukong, D., Schroeder, S.
  Date: November 2017
  Type: Fact Sheet
• Telebehavioral Health in North Dakota: 2017
  This report provides an overview of the telebehavioral health services that exist within North Dakota.
  Author(s): Dickson, L., Besse, R.
  Date: October 2017
  Type: Report

Most Recent Presentations

• ED Use for Behavioral Health among Rural Residents
  Presented by Schroeder, S., Peterson, M. on May 10, 2017 at the National Rural Health Association’s Annual Rural Health Conference, San Diego, California