Further information related to this fact sheet: Rural issues - coping with stress.
Related information on Better Health Channel
- Rural issues - losing the farm.
- Rural issues - stress management.
- Rural issues - suggestions for families in crisis.
- Stress affects us in many ways.
- Stress can become a serious illness.
- Stress in everyday life.
Related information on other website
Australian Institute of Family Studies.
References used for this fact sheet
- Welfare and support services for farm families, Australian Institute of Family Studies, More information here.
- Farm alarm: coping with stress, Farm Safety and Health Information Clearinghouse, University of Minnesota USA. More information here.
- The farmer’s wife: a rural mental health perspective, Frontline. More information here.
- Coping with stress in our rural communities, Women in Agriculture – Victoria Mallee Group, for Sea Lake & District Health Service Inc., Sea Lake Neighbourhood House.
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