Promoting Success in Agriculture for People with Disabilities
and Their Families
Resources
Crisis and Emotional Support Helplines
The following resources are comprised
of crisis lines for the general public as well as specific resources
for farmers.
National Hopeline Network: 800-784-2433.
Individual state helplines by city or county: http://suicidehotlines.com
Selected Farmer Resource Helplines
Illinois - Mental Health Outreach:
800-851-4719 & 800-468-1834
Indiana: 800-545-2296
Iowa Concerns Hotline: 800-447-1985, 515-965-9301 (out-of-state)
Iowa Healthy Families: 800-369-2229
Kansas: 800-321-3276
Louisiana: 225-388-4141
Maryland Farm Sense Mediation Program: 800-492-5597, 410-841-5770 (out-of-state)
Minnesota Farm Advocate Program: 800-967-2474 (in-state), 651-296-1484
(out-of-state)
Minnesota Rural Crisis: 800-555-6566 or 800-363-3659
Missouri: 800-363-3659; 573-681-5549 (mediation); 573-449-1336 (Rural
Crisis Center)
Nebraska: 800-464-0258 (in-state), 402-864-5578 (out-of-state)
Nebraska Farm Mediation Service: 1-800-446-4071
New York: 800-547-3276
Oklahoma: 800-248-5465 (mediation)
Pennsylvania: 800-851-4719
South Dakota: 800-691-4336, 800-228-5254 (in-state), 605-773-5436 (out-of-state)
Tennessee: 800-345-0561
West Virginia: 800-851-4719
Wisconsin: 800-942-2474
Online References and Resources:
- National Institute of Mental
Health: The Numbers Count: www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/numbers.cfm
- National
Association of Rural Mental Health; Notes and Data on Rural Suicide:
http://narmh.org/pages/resframe.html
- “Mental Health and Mental
Health Disorders- A Rural Challenge”:
www.srph.tamushsc.edu/rhp2010/litreview/08Volume1mentalhealth.htm
- “Managing
Farm Stress during Crisis Times” Small Farm
Digest: www.reeusda.gov/smallfarm/sfd/fall00.html
- National Institute
of Mental Health: Medications: www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm
Additional Online Resources:
Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress: http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/farmalarm/farmalarm.pdf Issues in Agriculture: Extension Responds; Stress and Safety: www.uwex.edu/ces/ag/issues/stress-safety/index.html
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General: www.mentalhealth.org/features/surgeongeneralreport/home.asp
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: www.nami.org/
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