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Athens News Matters: Farmers and Mental Health

In July 2019 on Athens News Matters, we spoke with Dr. Anna Scheyett about the alarming rate of suicides among farmers. Today, Dr. Scheyett joins us again to talk about farmer’s mental health in the pandemic era.

For access to services and immediate crisis help, call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL) at 1-800-715-4225, available 24/7.

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.