Rural Areas Have The Highest Suicide Rates And Fewest Mental Health Workers [HuffingtonPost.com]

In the days and weeks following the suicides of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and handbag designer Kate Spade, a chorus of social media users urged people with depression to not be “afraid” to ask for help.

But for most Americans, fear isn’t the thing that stands in the way of therapy. It’s having no one to turn to.

This was the case for Sue, 57, who spent over 30 years trying to get effective treatment for bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and a personality disorder.

For years, whenever Sue felt a major anxiety attack coming on, she’d panic. She would grab her keys, bolt out the door and frantically search for help. In rural Nebraska, that often meant walking up to two miles to the nearest neighbor’s house or emergency room, sometimes in the middle of the night.