Mental Health
Farm Stress Resources
Farm Stress: Presentation
Download an excellent presentation by Eric Karbowski, Extension Educator on Farm Stress with Michigan State University Extension. The NWAL COVID Working Group would like to thank Eric for sharing his resources and expertise with our team!
Farm Stress resources from Michigan State University Extension
- MSU Extension: Managing Farm Stress: https://www.canr.msu.edu/managing_farm_stress/index
- MSU Extension: Rural Resilience – Farm Stress Training course: https://opencoursesstore.d2l.com/product?catalog=msu_urmfs_2020
- Free online counseling from Michigan State University Extension: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-extension-farm-stress-program-partners-to-connect-farmers-with-mental-health-service
Mental Health Resources
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/tribal-ttac/resources/suicide-prevention
- Center for Rural Affairs http://www.cfra.org/news/180130/10-helpful-resources-farmers
- Crisis Text Line: Text “GO” to 741741 https://www.crisistextline.org/
- Family Development Resources. Nurturing parenting. http://www.nurturingparenting.com/CommunityBasedEducation.html
- Iowa Concern, 24-hour hotline: 1-800-447-1985
- Mental Health First Aid: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
- National Council for Behavioral Health. Mental Health First Aid. https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Chat https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/talk-to-someone-now/
- Oklahoma Ag4Life: https://www.ok.gov/ag4life/
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. https://search.usa.gov/search/docs?affiliate=samhsa-store&dc=1415&query=National+Suicide+Prevention+Lifeline
- Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, Press 1 (website also has a chat option) https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
Social Media Resources
- Tribal Social Toolkit: Suicide Prevention – From the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, images and text for social media posts dealing with suicide prevention during the COVID-19 outbreak. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/webfiles.dri.edu/NWAL/FactsNotFear/TribalSocialToolkit-SuicidePrevention.docx