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Athens News Matters: Dr. Scheyett Discusses Growth in Suicides Among Farmers

Dr. Anna Scheyett, UGA Professor of Social Work
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Dr. Anna Scheyett, UGA Professor of Social Work

For more on the challenges facing farmers – and the disturbing growth in suicides among farmers, we turn to Anna Scheyett, a UGA professor of social work who has been researching this for years.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.