UGA Extension Mental Well-being

• The Women & Stress Behind Rural Farming in America (Morning AgClips)
• UGA Extension offers disaster support throughout the state (Albany Herald)
• Education, outreach to address opioid crisis (Morning Ag Clips)
• Ways to combat stress, boost well-being (Healthy Georgia News)
• Protect and Improve Your Mental Clarity (Georgia Farm Bureau Magazine)
• Behavioral Health Brief:  The Harvest of Stress in Rural America (SocialWork Today)
• Sowing Seeds (Atlanta Magazine page 54)
• Mental health impacted by trials and tribulations in agriculture (Athens News Matters)
• Turning Research into Impact: How UGA Cooperative Extension Works with Georgia Communities (Research Live)
• Dr. Scheyett Discusses Growth in Suicides Among Farmers (Athens News Matters)
• Farmers and Mental Health (Athens News Matters)
• State of Science address (Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety)

On Family and Relationships

• Scheyett, A., Scarrow, A., Hollifield, S., *Garcia, A., *Marburger, I. (2024). “A great life, if you can stand it”: Stress and farm women. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 48(3), 191-204.
• Green, A., Croom, B., Sandlin, M. & Scheyett, A. (2024). “Why don’t you just marry a farmer?”: Barriers and challenges experienced by women farm owners in Georgia. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 12, 4. 
• Arroyo, A., Richardson, E. W., Hargrove, C. M., & Futris, T. G. (2024). Foster caregivers’ depressive symptoms and parenting stress: Applying the theory of resilience and relational load. Family Relations, 73(2), 1438–1454.
• Richardson, E. W., Mallette, J. K., Futris, T. G., & Pettit, M. (2023). Non-relative foster caregivers’ changes in mindfulness and couple relationship skills following relationship education. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(5), 1332–1353.
• Richardson, E. W., Mallette, J. K., Futris, T. G., Dai, Y., & DeMeester, K. (2022). Foster caregivers’ parenting stress as a moderator of change in coparenting following relationship education. Journal of Family Issues, 43(10), 2599-2623.
• Dai, Y., Futris, T. G., Stanford, W., Richardson, E. W., & Koss, K. (2022). The association between financial distress, conflict management, and co-parenting support for couples receiving child welfare. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(11), 3329–3350.
• Stanford, W. D., Futris, T. G., Richardson, E. W., Koss, K. J., & Brown, G. L. (2022). Social integration buffers the impact of financial distress on coparenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(6), 919-931.
• Lee, S., Wickrama, K. K. A. S., Futris, T. G., Simmons, L. A., Mancini, J. A., & Lorenz, F. O. (2021). The biopsychosocial associations between marital hostility and physical health of middle-aged couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(5), 649–659.

On Rural Mental Health

• Bowie, M., Adams, G., Abraham, A., Murrow, J., Bales, D. & Scheyett, A. (2024). A qualitative study of community priorities, attitudes, and beliefs regarding opioid misuse in rural Georgia. Advances in Social Sciences Research, 11(5), 368 383.  
• Bowie, M., Scheyett, A. Brown, V. (2024). Lessons learned for the next pandemic: Preparing Extension agents for health education during times of crisis. Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents,17(1).
• Croom, B., Scheyett, A., & Yoo, K.B. (2024). Factors that contribute to extraordinary stress in farmers. Advancements in Agricultural Development,5, 5-15.
• Rubenstein, E., Scheyett, A., Martin, R., Bird, T., Marburger, I. (2024). Mental health awareness: SBAE teachers’ perspectives. Proceedings of the Southern Regional AAAE Research Conference, 405-413.
• Scheyett, A., Marburger, I., Scarrow, A., Hollifield, S., Dunn, J. (2024). What do farmers need for suicide prevention: Considerations for a hard-to-reach population. Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Treatment, 20, 341-352.
• Brown, V., Golson, A., Goldstein, E., Bowie, M., Bales, D., & Scheyett, A. (2024). Community perspectives on the use of Extension offices for behavioral health. Discover Health Systems,3, 1-12.
• Dunn, J., Scheyett, A., Yoo, K.B. (2023). Farm stress production meeting model: A promising intervention to address farmer stress. Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, 16(2).
• Scheyett, A. M., Johnson, L. P., Bowie, M., & Garcia, A. (2023). Who do farmers trust? Identifying farmer support systems during times of stress and suicide risk. The Journal of Extension, 61(3), Article 8.
• Scheyett, A., Johnson, L.P., Bowie, M. & Scarrow, A. (2023). Rural Georgia Growing Stronger: A Cooperative Extension initiative to address stress in growers and their families. HortScience, 58, 9S, SR25.
• Brown, V., Bowie, M., Bales, D., Scheyett, A. (2023). Cooperative Extension Offices as Mental Health Hubs: A social ecological case study in rural Georgia, United States. SSM Mental Health, 3 open access pp. 1-5
• Scheyett, A., Kane, S., Shonkweiler, V. (2023). Predictors of emotional distress in farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Rural Mental Health, 47, 1-9.
• Scheyett, A., Bayakla, R., Whitaker, M. (2019). Characteristics and contextual stressors in farmer and agricultural work suicides, Georgia, 2008-2015. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 43,61-72.