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    Mental Health Awareness Month

University of Missouri Extension has information and resources for individuals, families, caregivers and others.

Resources include free telehealth counseling by trusted professionals who understand agriculture. To request free, confidential telehealth counseling, visit muext.us/PSCFarmRanch, email adpsc@missouri.edu or call 573-882-4677.

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Programs

  • Taking Care of You can help you deal with the stress in your life. This research-based program focuses on positive psychology and mindfulness to provide strategies for dealing with life’s challenges that you can incorporate into your everyday life.
  • Mental Health First Aid provides evidence-based training in the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge and help connect them to the appropriate care.
  • Recovery Friendly Workplace fosters a workplace cultures that promote employee safety, health and well-being through strategies that provide support for managers and employees, including reducing stigma and providing resources related to substance use disorders.
  • Show-Me Strong Farm Families. To address mental health crises in rural areas, MU Extension has compiled resources for consumers and professionals. These resources, including free telehealth counseling by trusted professionals who understand agriculture.
  • Engaged Neighbor Program. Knowing your neighbors can boost the local economy, improve mental health and reduce crime and isolation. For more than five years, MU Extension’s Engaged Neighbor Program has helped people make their neighborhoods clean, safe and friendly.
  • Missouri AgrAbility helps farmers with disabilities and their families succeed. The program links MU and Lincoln University extension services with a nonprofit disability organization to provide practical education and on-the-farm assistance that promotes agricultural and rural independence.

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