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20/02/2016

Farming Today This Week: Mental Health

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Farming Today This Week: Mental Health

David Gregory-Kumar explores the issues surrounding mental health in rural areas.

As part of the BBC's In the Mind season, Farming Today This Week looks at the issues surrounding mental health on farms and in rural areas.

One in four people in the UK are affected by serious mental ill-health, and it seems farmers are particularly at risk. The most recent available government statistics show that in 2014 forty-one farmers took their own lives - that's almost one a week. In this programme, David Gregory-Kumar visits a farm in Somerset run by a charity which aims provide opportunities and experience for vulnerable groups, including those with mental health problems. He also hears about a campaign to get mental health onto the curriculum at agricultural colleges, and finds out about attempts to raise awareness through tractor "selfies"!

Presented by David Gregory-Kumar and produced by Emma Campbell.

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