Mental Health

No court challenges exist yet but Gov. Spencer Cox is on record saying he “can't wait to get in front of a judge and jury with these media companies.”

Utah's Republican governor signed a pair of measures Thursday that, among other moves, requires parental consent before kids can sign up for sites like TikTok and Instagram.

The latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count found that 13% of children in Utah experience anxiety or depression.

Gov. Spencer Cox addressed flooding, water and the bills from the recent legislative session during his March monthly news conference.

BYU human resources professor says employees can advocate for their mental health needs by letting management know when they are struggling and enlisting co-worker help.

The Human Rights Campaign says at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced this year — including gender-affirming care bans for minors that have been enacted in South Dakota and Utah.

Even as Utah legislators work to regulate youth access to social media, studies haven’t shown a clear link between depression and anxiety and teen online activity.

A state Senate committee on Wednesday neither advanced nor rejected the measure, effectively sealing its fate as the Legislature prepares to adjourn next week.

Unlike the push to remove criminal penalties for drug use that saw success at the ballot box in Oregon and Colorado over the past few years, legalization efforts underway in red and blue states focus on allowing magic mushrooms to be consumed under supervision.

The experience of Utah teenagers is in line with new national data from the CDC, though Utah’s lawmakers are focusing on social media as a root cause.

While their motivations are different, the political polar opposites were able to both agree to support a bill that codifies a ban on conversion talk therapy.

Organizers and their legal advisers argue a 2006 Supreme Court ruling protects them from prosecution and participants say they are taking part in a religious service. Some experts raise concerns that the benefits of ayahuasca haven’t been well studied.