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Farming towns shift toward training community members when it comes to mental health


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There are about 20 people in a basement conference room at the Wyoming County Agriculture and Business Center, sipping coffee and playing an introductory name game. Today, participants will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of depression, suicidal thoughts and more in a course called Mental Health First Aid. These people aren’t mental health professionals. They’re agricultural workers, they’re neighbors, and they just want to help. Charlie Baker said the kind of people who usually end up
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