suicide prevention

Wednesday evening, July 15, 2020Members Of Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Weigh Mask RequestUtah leaders for the Church of Jesus Christ of…

At a press event Friday, Rep. Ben McAdams spoke about legislation he recently introduced to fund research grants aimed at understanding why suicide rates…

The National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah released research on Friday that offers new insight into suicide prevention among…

Updated 11:45 a.m. MDT 8/2/19Facing an already high rate of suicide in Utah, state officials are now taking a closer look at the scale of farmers taking…

The Mountain West has disproportionately high rates of depressive disorders and suicide. Researchers are trying to find out why. Turns out, the...

Congressman Ben McAdams, D-Utah, was in Salt Lake City this week to promote a $4 million boost in federal funding for youth suicide prevention and…

As two celebrities died in apparent suicides this week, a new federal report shows suicide rates have risen dramatically across the country over the past…

In the Hive Mind, KUER reporters take questions from our listeners and try to help find the answer. This week KUER spoke to a woman with a life or death…

The 2018 Utah legislative session ends Thursday night, and lawmakers are passing bills at a breakneck pace. More than 60 were passed on Tuesday alone.…

Carbon County has some of the highest rates of opioid overdoses and death by suicide in the state. This week the Southeast Utah Health Department held a…

Suicide is now the leading cause of death for Utahns aged 10 to 17. After learning that 44 teenagers in Utah died by suicide last year, Gov. Gary Herbert…

Utah’s suicide hotlines receive nearly 10,000 calls each year from people in crisis, but not all are staffed 24/7. That’s why lawmakers are pushing new…