title: The road much less travelled: treating rural and isolated clients.
abstract: This article serves as the introduction to an issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session on the topic of treating rural and isolated clients. This preface frames the issue's topic and addresses the question, "What are the best practices for rural and isolated clients?" Themes of rural mental health are outlined, and the subsequent articles are introduced. Readers of this issue are given case examples, clinical recommendations, and seminal research findings in the hope of integrating and adopting effective methods for underserved rural clients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8041, Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8041, USA. jrainer@georgiasouthern.edu
authors.forename: Jackson P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rainer
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D005544:Forecasting; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D012424:Rural Population; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States