Mental Health

When the next state budget starts in July, new State Homeless Coordinator Tyler Clancy will be in charge of $40 million in spending on priorities like high utilizers and mental and behavioral health.

Psychedelic drug treatment could ease or even cure post-traumatic stress disorder in a matter of sessions, according to a University of Utah researcher. Now, President Donald Trump’s executive order to expedite research and psychedelic drug approval could impact plans for such therapy for Utah’s veterans.

Sadie Nielsen participó en un estudio del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Utah que analizó experiencias traumáticas de parto y qué tipo de atención posparto podría ayudar.

Sadie Nielsen participated in a Utah Department of Health and Human Services study that looked at traumatic childbirth experiences and what postpartum care could help.

Electroconvulsive therapy has been used to treat mood disorders since the 1930s. But this year, lawmakers and specialists alike want to raise awareness of it.

Utah has more Google searches for “breast augmentation” and “boob job” than anywhere else in the country. An annual event at Utah Valley University aims to combat societal messages that make women and girls feel bad about their bodies.

Utah's transgender youth are going under the microscope again this legislative session. One bill would make changes for gender-affirming care patients grandfathered in under the state ban adopted in 2023. It also seeks to refute recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services.

A December report from the conservative Sutherland Institute found a deepening disconnect between men and boys and important issues like mental health and feeling connected to their communities.

“When we reduce people to ideologies and political positions, we're dehumanizing them,” said Heather Holmgren, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of Simple Modern Therapy.

Even though the Orem campus of Utah Valley University is closed, some students still gathered the day after political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed to grieve and pay their respects.

Encircle plans to grow and respond to community needs in northern Utah, and they’re looking forward to working with other organizations.

“Jails and prisons are not treatment facilities, and they are certainly not assisted living centers and are not facilities with memory care units,” notes lawyer and author Elizabeth Kelley.