Editor’s introduction.

Abstract

will begin accepting and processing articles beginning January 1, 2019. I will continue working on any papers that are submitted in 2018. I have spoken and corresponded with Dr. Heckman and I am confident that he will take the Journal to a higher level. He has shared some of his ideas and already is working with the American Psychological Association to increase the Journal's reach, increase its visibility, and make it more appealing to potential authors from a variety of disciplines. I am excited to see where the Journal of Rural Mental Health goes under his editorship.I have enjoyed my time as Editor. I have learned about a variety of issues to which I otherwise would not have been exposed. This has broadened my understanding of rural life and for that I am very grateful. I want to express my sincere appreciation to the team of associate editors who have assisted with reviewing articles as well as the large group of professionals who have accepted my invitations to serve as reviewers. The comments and suggestions they have offered to authors have helped immeasurably as I made decisions about how to proceed with papers. I hope that experts will continue to donate their time when Dr. Heckman reaches out in the future.Moving on to the contents of the current issue, the five articles cover several different rural parts of the United States, including the West, Midwest, and Central Appalachia as well as an article in which participants were recruited over the Internet. The topics include schools, veterans, teletherapy, substance use, and help seeking.The first article, by Lackey and Tompsett (2018), is entitled "A model of rural delinquency: Collective efficacy in rural schools." According to the authors, neighborhoods are an oft-studied influence on adolescent behavior; however, they contend that this is an urban-centric perspective that may not apply in rural areas in which the boundaries of a neighborhood may be difficult to define. As a result, they argue that examining the rural adolescent's perceptions of her or his school would be a more appropriate and effective approach to examining problematic behaviors. The authors focused on school collective efficacy with students in Ohio and found significant results. They assert that these findings have