Availability of Behavioral Health Providers and Services in Rural Areas, with Holly Andrilla

Today’s podcast features Holly Andrilla, Deputy Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center. Andrilla provides us with an overview of several data briefs she recently published detailing rural availability of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers, and counselors, as well as recent developments in access to medication for opioid use disorder. The transcript and a list of resources and organizations mentioned in the episode can be found at https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/podcast/behavioral-health-mar-2023. Exploring Rural Health is an RHIhub podcast.