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Date of Graduation
5-11-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Department
Department of Graduate Psychology
Advisor(s)
Amanda Evans
A. Renee Staton
Kelly Atwood
Abstract
The United States is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, following the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the United States continues to experience stigma around mental health, the impacts of the mental health and substance use crisis are even more prominent within rural communities. Challenges include lack of funding, transportation, availability, et cetera regarding the access and availability of services. Virginia, being comprised of mostly rural areas increases the likelihood that counselors may encounter a client from this background or directly serve people of these communities. Counselors are challenged to increase accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and availability to decrease barriers to treatment. As a result, this could lead to better client outcomes, coinciding with the counselor's responsibility to first, do no harm. This project examines the mental health and substance use crisis in the United States and Virginia, focusing on rural populations and counselor implications.
Recommended Citation
Arbogast, Caylyn, "Rural populations amongst the mental health crisis in the United States of America: Implications for counseling professionals" (2023). Educational Specialist, 2020-current. 73.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/edspec202029/73
