New Huntsman Mental Health Institute will help Utahns during COVID-19 and beyond, leaders say
The University of Utah launched the new institute Thursday after it was announced in 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mark Rapaport speaks at the dedication and launch of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI), formerly University Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI), on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. David Huntsman and Christena Huntsman Durham, of the Huntsman Foundation, which provided a $150 million gift toward HMHI, stand behind Rapaport.
| Jan. 14, 2021, 11:37 p.m.
COVID-19 made the need for mental health care “more urgent,” according to local leaders, and the new Huntsman Mental Health Institute will continue to help Utahns years after the pandemic.
Study reveals rising risk of mental health problems among COVID-19 health care professionals
The daily toll of COVID-19, as measured by new cases and the growing number of deaths, overlooks a shadowy set of casualties: the rising risk of mental health problems among health care professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic.
A new study, led by University of Utah Health scientists, suggests more than half of doctors, nurses, and emergency responders involved in COVID-19 care could be at risk for one or more mental health problems, including acute traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, problematic alcohol use, and insomnia. The researchers found that the risk of these mental health conditions was comparable to rates observed during natural disasters, such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.
Front-line COVID-19 caregivers face risks to their mental health, University of Utah study says
Doctors, nurses and first responders are at risk of stress, depression, anxiety, insomnia and alcohol abuse.
(Trent Nelson | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Health care workers conduct COVID-19 testing at the University of Utah Health s Farmington Health Center on Friday, July 31, 2020. A new study, conducted in part by U. of U. Health scientists, find more than half of health care workers dealing with COVID-19 cases are also more at risk for mental health problems.
| Jan. 12, 2021, 8:03 p.m.
Front-line health care workers dealing with COVID-19 have another thing to worry about, according to a recent study: Risks to their mental health.
Big Data, Big Research, Hardball University Politics, the Baptism of the Dead, and the Utah Autism Whistleblower
By Judith Pinborough-Zimmerman and Mark Blaxill
Like it or not. Legal or not. Government collects, maintains, and even shares and sells massive amounts of your personal data. This data collection starts before you are born and continues after you die. Government knows your name(s), social security number, age, birthdate, if and whom you married, and when. Were you ever divorced? Do you have children? What are your unchanging physical characteristics, like your height and eye color? Government likely has several photos at different ages, and possibly even your DNA and fingerprints. Government knows how much you weighed at birth and how much you weighed when you got your first driver’s license. They know what kind of student you were, if you received special education services, and if you attended public schools, what your grade point average was. Th
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SANDY – Utah mothers are struggling during the pandemic. In the last eight months, the new Huntsman Mental Health Institute has seen a massive increase in mental health problems among new and expectant mothers.
Motherhood during the best of times can be challenging. But during COVID-19, it s even harder.
Last year, Jennifer Mullen lost her second baby in her second trimester.
Though she was excited to be pregnant with her infant son, David, soon after, when he was born last spring, It felt like I hit a brick wall, said Mullen, who lives with her family in Sandy.
The pandemic had just hit. Her postpartum depression had worsened with each pregnancy.