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Farmers struggle with untreated anxiety and depression.
USDA sponsors training sessions to help mental health professionals talk to farmers.
Many farmers are reluctant to seek mental health care, partly because they think therapists or doctors can't understand their lives.
Farmers’ suicide risk is also heightened by many of them owning guns, which means to act on deadly impulses.
A review of studies on farmer suicides in multiple countries, including the U.S. , cited cultural and economic stresses.
Health professionals face two challenges: persuading farmers to seek help for mental stress and encouraging them to keep coming back for therapy.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention lists these signs that a person might be considering suicide.
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