Mental health hot lines help farmers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071126/capt.f70683da0bea462893cc7506801e2111.drought_mental_health_tnmh104.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=PBvz69OPzxh.OiFph.pKXA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Farmer Richard Jameson is shown by a grain drill on his farm near Brownsville, Tenn., Nov. 20, 2007. Jameson, 53, watched his cotton and soybean crops shrivel under several weeks of extreme heat and a prolonged drought this year. He says it would have been harder to weather the crisis if he hadn't decided, on his own, to seek therapy about nine years ago. (AP Photo/Larry Atherton)" border="0" /></a>AP - American farmers no longer have to stoically face all that Mother Nature and the economy can dish out. At least eight states offer free mental health hot lines to assist farmers and producers through difficult patches. During times of exceptional drought, such as the one that has covered the Southeast this year, the hot lines report a jump in calls from farmers needing emotional counseling and stress management.</p><br clear="all"/>

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