New Mexico Mental Health
New Mexico’s Mental Health Crisis: How Telehealth Is Bridging the Gap
By Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
New Mexico consistently ranks among the states with the greatest unmet need for mental health care. Telehealth is part of the solution.
The scope of the problem
A large share of New Mexico’s counties are designated mental-health professional shortage areas. Rural residents, in particular, face long distances and long waits for psychiatric care.
Why telehealth matters here
- Reaches patients in counties with no local psychiatrist
- Reduces travel burden for rural and frontier communities
- Expands the pool of available providers beyond your immediate area
- Makes specialized care — like integrative psychiatry — accessible statewide
Care without the wait
Willow & Stone offers telehealth psychiatry across New Mexico, with the availability that insurance panels often can’t match.