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Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

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RURAL AREAS AND MENTAL HEALTH

Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network, University of Denver, Denver, Colo. 80208 * (303) 871-3099, fax (303) 871-4747, Web site: http://www.du.edu/frontier-mh. James Ciarlo, director.

Conducts studies and offers technical assistance in program development. Focuses on "frontier" parts of the United States with six or fewer persons per square mile. Most are found in 15 western mountain and plains states. The network consists of eight experts in various domains of rural mental health.

Office of Rural Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Md., * (301) 443-9001, fax (301) 443-4045. Dr. Kathryn Magruder, Ph.D., director.

Gives technical assistance to researchers who study mental health issues in rural areas.

National Association for Rural Mental Health, 337 E. Ferguson Ave., Box 570, Wood River, Ill. 62095 * (618) 251-0589, fax (618) 251-6246. Sandy Murray, administrative assistant.

Works to develop, enhance and support mental health services and providers in rural areas. Publishes quarterly Rural Community Mental Health Letter.