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
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
Toolkits
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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.
Products & Resources
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.
