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A Cedar City woman who police say intentionally caused a head-on crash in a possible suicide attempt was charged Thursday with murder after a passenger in the other vehicle died.
Each of the nearly 200,000 students within the System of Higher Education is eligible to sign up for six sessions of peer coaching through Trula Foundation, a St. George-based program.
Ray Bailey, youth suicide prevention program manager at the Utah Department of Human Services, talks with Mikelle Moore, senior vice president and chief community health officer at Intermountain Healthcare, after a press conference at the Intermountain Healthcare Transformation Center in Murray on Friday, July 2, 2021. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an all-time high in mental health issues across the world and a collaboration of health care partners in Utah aims to help. Intermountain Healthcare in Murray has joined with the Utah Department of Human Services, Lat...
MURRAY — The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an all-time high in mental health issues across the world and a collaboration of health care partners in Utah aims to help. Intermountain Healthcare has joined with the Utah Department of Human Services, Latino Behavioral Health and the Utah Pride Center to address the COVID-related mental health crisis by connecting the partner organizations to community contributions totaling $67 million to improve access to mental healthcare for marginalized people in Utah. Utah in particular has struggled to address mental health even before the pandemic, rankin...
KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — From sirens and handcuffs, to compassionate, efficient care, Utah has taken a giant leap forward in how we treat mental health disorders. Officials with the Huntsman Mental Health Institute broke ground on a new treatment center Wednesday that could become a model for the nation. With the dog days of summer coming, Charlie Ellis, with his emotional support animal, Izzie, is looking forward to a sea of change in mental health treatment. "You used to just be really hush-hush," said Ellis, who lives in Sandy. "You kept it under the table." Ellis has depression and bipol...