Resources are available to connect people to help for mental and emotional health needs, as well as other services. Here are some places nationally and in the region to go for help.
• The 211 program is a hotline to connect people throughout most of the U.S. and Canada to human services resources. Call 211 or visit www.211.org for more information.
• In Minnesota: www.211unitedway.org/about-211 .
• In Montana: www.montana211.org/index.php .
• In North Dakota: https://myfirstlink.org/services/2-1-1-helpline .
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• In South Dakota: www.helplinecenter.org/2-1-1-community-resources .
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-800-273-8255. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can call 1-800-799-4889. The lifeline's website, suicidepreventionlifeline.org, also has a chat option and other resources.
• The Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline can connect people to help for mental health, stress and crisis situations, daily living expenses, business, financial and legal help and more. Call 1-833-600-2670 or visit www.mda.state.mn.us/about/mnfarmerstress .
• Minnesota's Mobile Crisis Mental Health Services teams are made up of mental health professionals and practitioners who provide psychiatric services to people in their own homes or other sites outside traditional clinical settings. Crisis lines are answered 24 hours a day, and teams work to connect people rapidly to services. Visit https://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/adults/health-care/mental-health/reso... to find the line for each county in the state.
• North Dakota's Regional Human Service Centers provide a variety of services, including vocational rehabilitation, mental health services, addiction treatment, crisis and outreach services, and other human services. Crisis lines are answered 24 hours a day. For contact information, visit www.nd.gov/dhs/info/pubs/docs/hsc-contact-info.pdf .
• Montana offers the Montana Warmline for non-crisis services. Mental Health America of Montana has a "Virtual Drop-in Center," which utilizes the telephone and internet to provide home-based support services for people with mental illness. For more information, call 1-877-688-3377 or visit www.montanawarmline.org . For crisis contacts throughout Montana, visit mhombudsman.mt.gov/Home/crisiscontacts.
• South Dakota's Department of Social Services provides a list of behavioral health services available in each county. To locate your local resource, visit https://dss.sd.gov/behavioralhealth/agencycounty.aspx .
• The website www.agbehavioralhealth.com provides information about agricultural behavioral health and contact information for Dr. Mike Rosmann, a psychologist and farmer who specializes in the mental health of farmers and ranchers.
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• For North Dakota State University resources on dealing with farm and ranch stress, visit www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmranchstress/stress-warning-signs-and-coping-resources-in-farming-and-ranching .
