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811: Rural responsibilities for mental health

This paper is summarised from an article by Keith Elder and Gareth Jones, from the mental health charity Mind.

Year of Publication2009

Mind have identified farmers and farm workers, black and minority ethnic populations, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations, women with children, children and young people, older people, refugee and asylum seekers, travellers and migrant workers as groups that warrant particular attention in rural communities. The issues they face are not necessarily unique to rural communities but they can be experienced in different ways to urban areas so different solutions may be required. Culture, isolation, work, distance, time and stigma may mean that people are reluctant to even recognise that they may be unwell, let alone actually seek help and support from friends, family or health services. The whole community has a role to play in tackling rural mental distress.

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• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > UK rural policy
• Subject Collection > Social & community enterprise

Additional keywords/tags

wellbeing