“It creeps in”: farming through a mental health fog | RNZ
While many farmers are feeling good about record meat and dairy prices, mental health is still a massive issue with disproportionately high suicide statistics in rural areas | https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Depression is something Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford is familiar with, after his own battle began eight years ago.
The sector is welcoming a $3 million funding boost for the Rural Support Trust over four years to improve access to mental health services, but it’s sparked calls for more clinical psychologists in rural areas | For full coverage visit https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/563954/call-for-more-rural-psychologists-to-help-farmers-with-mental-health
Video: Marika Khabazi