From Shelby County to Macon: Missouri’s Mental Health Battle in Farming Communities

Mental health struggles among farmers are becoming an alarming concern—not just across rural America, but right here in Missouri. A recent CBS News feature put a national spotlight on the issue, and one of the voices in that report was Jolie Foreman, co-founder of Shelby County Cares. She says northeast Missouri has some of the highest suicide rates in the state, and her group is working hard to close a critical gap in mental health care. Show Me Today reporter Matt Pilger sat down with Jolie to talk about what’s driving this crisis and what’s being done to help.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.