BISMARCK, ND ( KXNET ) — In North Dakota, there’s more than just a shortage in mental health services — there’s a mental health care desert.
According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, about 30% of the state’s population is under-served, meaning there is fewer than one provider for every 30,000 North Dakotans. However, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) looks to be this state’s oasis through the Behavioral Health and Children and Family Services Conference.
“The conference that we’re hosting this week is very valuable for our professionals in North Dakota,” says HHS Addiction and Prevention Program Manager James Knopik, “because that will translate to our professionals in the behavioral health professions and child welfare providing the best possible services.”…