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Bringing Mental Health Care Workers to Rural Texas

Dozens of Texas counties lack even a single physician, and there are even more without psychiatrists. But one state lawmaker is trying to fix that by attracting more mental health care workers to rural Texas towns.

By Lauren Silverman, KERA News
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Dozens of Texas counties lack even a single physician, and there are even more without psychiatrists. But one state lawmaker is trying to fix that by attracting more mental health care workers to rural Texas towns. Read the full story at KERA News.

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