The study of mental health in the rural context has moved beyond simple notions of what defines rurality. Researchers in the field of rural mental health have realized that what constitutes ‘rural’ in terms of its impact on the mental health and wellbeing of rural residents entails more than physical geography and spatial localities. They have expressed the need to progress the agenda for rural...

Disciplinary advances are dependent on two intertwined pillars: refinements in theory and refinement methods. Numerous guides exist for making a theoretical contribution, yet mystery surrounds what exactly constitutes methodological contribution. Our goal is to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, this mystery. We draw decades of collective experiences as authors, reviewers, editors met...