UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Howard Liu, M.D., chairman of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, will appear on tonight’s live broadcast of RFD-TV’s “Rural America Live” to discuss behavioral health in rural America.
They will be joined by Robin Tutor Marcom, Ed.D., director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute. Christina Loren will host the show from Nashville.
The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. CST and will welcome callers’ questions at 877-731-6733. The hour-long show will focus on rural issues in behavioral health, including:
- Statistics and unique issues;
- Disparities/shortages of providers;
- Increasing need for services in rural areas;
- Barriers to accessing services;
- Efforts to increase the number of behavioral health providers;
- How to access services; and
- The increasing use of technology.
“Rural America Live” is produced by RFD-TV. Find RFD-TV on local television providers.
View the Aug. 13 “Rural America Live” program on RFD-TV, featuring Dr. Gold and Michael Sitorius, M.D., of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.