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As a result of farmer suicide, research on farmers’ mental health increased sharply with a focus on financial difficulties farms faced during the 1980s and depression. [97] A spotlight on rural mental health and specifically on farmers led to calls for more mental health access in rural communities along with government action.
A Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer holds a coin given to him by the Raising Hope organization, which aims to bring awareness to the mental health of Kentucky farmers. Aug. 9, 2023
Many American farmers live in rural areas far removed from their nearest mental-health practitioner. Urban counties in the United States average ten psychiatrists per 100,000 people, whereas those in rural areas have around three for the same number of people. [3] "I would really give about anything to go and talk to people", said John Blaske.
This comes as the American Farm Bureau states farmers are 2.5 to 5 times more likely to commit suicide compared to the national average. Removing barriers for mental health services
Farmers and rural families in need of mental health assistance can call or text 833-897-2474 to get in contact with a professional. Garrett Hawkins, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, ...
Prairie madness is not a clinical condition; rather, it is a pervasive subject in writings of fiction and non-fiction from the period to describe a fairly common phenomenon. It was described by Eugene Virgil Smalley in 1893: "an alarming amount of insanity occurs in the new Prairie States among farmers and their wives." [1] [2]
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Farmers' suicides in the United States refers to the instances of American farmers taking their own lives, largely since the 1980s, partly due to their falling into debt, but as a larger mental-health crisis among U.S. agriculture workers. In the Midwest alone, over 1,500 farmers have taken their own lives since the 1980s. It mirrors a crisis ...