{"id":827126,"date":"2026-08-27T03:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827126\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:20:10","slug":"mississippi-ranks-third-in-rural-residents-using-mental-health-texting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827126\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi ranks third in rural residents using mental health texting services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi ranks third in rural residents using mental health texting services<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi\u2019s rural residents turn to texting for mental health support<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/67ee6a0d-3733-41a1-a8bb-18a2afc0ce9e_1765318075.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Desmone Mathews\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Mississippi has the third-highest rate of rural residents using texting services for mental health support, according to a new report.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Mississippi Today reports that 53% of the state&#8217;s Crisis Text Line users live in rural counties.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Experts said texting helps people access support without traveling long distances or being recognized at a mental health clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mississippi ranks third in rural residents using mental health texting services Mississippi\u2019s rural residents turn to texting for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":["post-827126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}