
Focus Area for the Mountain Plains MHTTC
The rural mental health vision for the Mountain Plains MHTTC is to support increased access to providers of mental health services for the more than 60 million Americans living in rural communities. To achieve this, the Center develops and promotes training and technical assistance which supports the rural mental health workforce and reduces barriers to mental health treatment for rural residents.
The Center also recognizes that the agricultural community encounters unique challenges related to the accessibility, availability, and acceptability of mental health services. Specific training and resources have been developed to address mental health and suicide among agricultural workers farm managers/owners, and agricultural workers.
Upcoming Trainings
Products & Resources
Brief Behavioral Health Interventions for Older Adults
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
Perinatal Mental Health: An Occupational Therapy Approach
Assessment and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Interventions, and Screening
Strategies for Promoting Mental Health and Wellness in Older Adults
Adult Co-Occurring Disorders Simplified
Co-Occurring Disorders in Primary Care: An Integrated Behavioral Health Approach
Anxiety Disorders: Screening, Diagnosis, Intervention and Treatment
Assessing and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Suicide Screening and Prevention Using an Integrated Behavioral Health Approach
Preventing Suicide Among LGBTQ+ People
Best Practices for Autism Screening and Diagnosis in Community Settings
Suicide in America's Heartland
Suicide Postvention: Going Beyond Prevention and Intervention
Employing Treatment and Environmental Interventions to Support Rural Populations
Implementing Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kits in HHS Region 7 and 8 Communities
Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kits
Overcoming Mental Health Stigma; HHS Region 8
Healing Our Protectors: Building Resilience Among Tribal Law Enforcement Officers Through Cultural Interventions
Building Resilience Among Physical and Behavioral Healthcare Providers During a Global Health Pandemic
Mental Health and Substance Use Co-Occurring Disorders – An Overview of Skills and Best Practices (5-Part Series)
Ethics in Practice - HHS Region 8
Strengthening Resilience Among Indigenous Youth Training
Suicide Prevention in Rural Primary Care: Two-part Series
Session Three: Rural but Reachable: How to Build Grief Support by Creating Community
Session Two: The Evolving Nature of Social Connections: Promoting Well-Being in Times of Crisis
Session four: Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities: Assessment, Ethics, and Preventing Compassion Fatigue
Session one: Rural Social Isolation and Loneliness: Rates, Importance, and Identifying Risk
Session two: Approaching and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities
Improving Mental Health Care by Understanding the Culture of Farming and Rural Communities
Farm Stress: Facts, Impact of COVID-19, and Resource and Training Needs of Mental Health Care Providers
Rural Primary Care Tools and Resources for Managing Suicidal Ideation During COVID-19
Farming and Faith Supports: Cultivating Spiritual Resilience in Challenging Times
Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs Among Probation and Parole Officers in Region 8
Compassion Fatigue: Farm Stress and the Mental Health Provider
Farm Stress and Mental Health Resources
School-Based Mental Health Resources
Hands-on Tools and Strategies to Assist Providers Working with Farmers
The Economics of Farm Stress
Mental Health Needs Among Diverse Farm Populations
Building Capacity of Rural School Personnel through CoP
Addressing Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Shortages: Lessons Learned from a Rural Psychology Internship Initiative
Rural Mental Health Disparities and Workforce Implications
Promoting Positive Mental Health in Rural Schools
Housing for all in Rural Communities
Together with Veterans: A Rural Veteran Suicide Prevention Program
Farm Crisis and Behavioral Health
Assertive Community Treatment Fidelity and Rural Considerations
School Mental Health Toolkit
Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs
Toolkits
Description
Healing Our Protectors: Building Resilience Among Tribal Law Enforcement Officers Through Cultural Interventions
This is a resource that serves behavioral health treatment providers in gaining a deeper understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their work as a law enforcement officer.
Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kit
In response to the increasing need for mental health tools for farm and ranching communities, the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), and the Mountain Plains MHTTC collaborated to develop a set of easy-to-use ("Grab-n-Go") presentations and flyers for use by extension offices and behavioral health providers in farm communities.
Voices From The Field: A Blog About Resilience During The Pandemic

Voices from the Field is a seven-part blog series that focuses the reader on the spiritual, physical, and mental wellness of providers responding to the global health pandemic. The series includes voices from leaders serving Region 8 states including Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
CLICK HERE to access the Voices from the Field blog.
If you would like to learn more about how the global COVID-19 pandemic has affected rural mental health and farm stress, please click here.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] to inquire about additional resources regarding rural mental health and other mental health topics.