In this episode of Your Rural Health Connection, you’ll meet Dennis Gade, Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Rural Health, Inc. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we’ll be talking about how to keep a check on your own mental health — specifically as it relates to alcohol consumption and its overuse. We’ll discuss awareness, balance, and recognizing when it may be time to seek support.

Welcome to Your Rural Health Connection, the podcast that links you to healthier living in Southern Illinois.

Whether you’re tuning in from somewhere in Southern Illinois or around the globe, thanks for taking a little time out of your day to join us! We’re so glad you’re here.

Presented by Rural Health, Inc., this podcast is all about you—your health, your community, and the resources that can help you live your best rural life. Our goal is to not just share what we do at Rural Health, Inc., but to connect you with healthcare providers, services, programs, health events, and much more available to you in Southern Illinois. 

In this episode of Your Rural Health Connection, we sit down with Erica Vining, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Rural Health, Inc., to discuss the life-changing impact of their Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program in Opioid Recovery. Erica shares how this evidence-based approach is helping individuals struggling with opioid use disorder regain stability, improve their health, and rebuild their lives. Tune in to learn why MAT is such a critical tool in addressing the opioid crisis—especially in rural communities—and how compassionate, accessible care is making a real difference every day.