Farmers’ Despair Pushes States to Act – The Pew Charitable Trusts

On most days, therapist Becky Kopp-Dunham counsels farmers and other clients across 10 North Dakota towns from her home office on a crop and cattle farm in Morehead, Minnesota.

With a reliable internet connection and videoconferencing service, Kopp-Dunham can inform and treat patients in rural and remote places.

“I’m a hands-on therapist, so I do a lot of art and games and music and movement, and I thought, ‘How am I going to be able to pull this off? We’re just on a screen. But I’ll try it,’” Kopp-Dunham said. “I’ve been very pleasantly surprised of…