Purpose: Through a qualitative systematic literature review (n= 12), this article seeks to
better understand how telemedicine is used globally to address mental health needs within …

Objective: Despite the high prevalence of mental disorders in rural areas, mental health
services are lacking because of shortages of resources and difficulty in accessing such …

Rural health care settings are challenged to provide timely and evidence-based care,
particularly for culturally diverse patients with behavioral health disorders. Telepsychiatry …

Objective: Mental illness continues to rise in the United States, burdening a healthcare
system set to dive further into a shortage of mental health practitioners. The effects of this are …

The adoption of tele-mental health by mental health professionals has been slow, especially
in rural areas. Prior to 2020, less than half of mental health agencies offered tele-mental …

Abstract “Deaths of despair”, deaths due to drugs, alcohol, and suicide, occur at higher rates
in rural communities. The incidence of such deaths highlights underlying access and …

Introduction. The rising incidence of mental illness and its impact on individuals, families,
and societies is becoming a major public health concern, especially in resource‐constrained …

Background Telehealth usage has been promoted in all settings but has been identified as a
panacea to issues of access and equity in the rural context. However, uptake and …

Barriers to the equitable provision of evidence-based psychological treatments in rural and
regional areas are significant in both developed and developing countries. Psychologists …

We conducted an online survey and interviews amongst mental health workers in Canada
who reported experience in working with rural and remote First Nations (although not …