The new walk-in Crisis Care Center—proposed to open in 2024 on the future site of the HMHI Campus of Hope— will include 30 emergency care beds in its 23-hour stabilization...
As the only academic referral center for hundreds of miles in any direction, HMHI serves youth across the spectrum and at every stage of mental health disorders.
Together, we coordinate and provide integrated, confidential Community Crisis Intervention and Support Services (CCISS) at no cost to anyone, anytime, anywhere in the communities we serve.
The Department of Psychiatry gives residents the opportunity to train in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry to help those battling substance use disorders and addiction through our fellowship programs.
To understand how the brain changes and matures during late childhood and adolescence, 21 research centers across the country have enrolled 12,000 children in the Adolescent Brain and Child Development...
Treatment Resistant Mood Disorders (TRMD) Clinic is the largest referral-based clinic in Utah for patients who struggle to find a treatment that works and are looking for alternative solutions.
One of only nine Triple Board Residency programs in the nation, residents who complete the program are board certified in pediatrics, child psychiatry, and adult psychiatry.
Utah lawmakers approved $90 million for the 185,000-square-foot Translational Research Building. HMHI will combine that funding from the Utah philanthropic community to move Utah to the forefront of mental health...
Even under the best of circumstances, giving birth can be physically and emotionally challenging. But for some women, the experience can be so traumatic that it affects their mental health...
On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Benjamin Druss, MD, MPH, Professor in mental health at the Rollins School of Public Health, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Improving Physical Health...
HMHI announces the 2022 match results for the Department of Psychiatry's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. The new fellows begin training on July 1, 2022.
As the temperatures drop and days become shorter, our physical and mental health can sometimes take a toll. The good news is there are different ways to be active during...
On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Radically Rethinking Research to Improve Outcomes: A...
The Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) released its Community Crisis Intervention Annual Report for 2021, showing the demand for mental health crisis services reached record heights over the past year...
ARUP Laboratories and the University of Utah’s Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences have secured $3 million in federal funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration to build a new...
We all faced challenges in 2020 that were significant and widespread, and virtually everyone's mental health has been affected in some way. With good news on the way in the...
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, C. Neill Epperson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Colorado School of Medicine, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Enduring Impact of Childhood...
Kevin Curtis, Crisis Services Director at University of Utah Health Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) discusses what a mental breakdown is and what steps you can take to get help.
Huntsman Mental Health Institute, together with organizations and individuals from across the nation, launches a "Grand Challenge” to eliminate mental health stigma forever. Please join us in this fight. Together...
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Lauren Asarnow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Evening Circadian Preference and Depression Among Adolescents."
HMHI Assistant Professor Patricia Aguayo, MD, MPH, will be an expert panelist for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) workshop in December 2021.
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Anita Everett, MD, DFAPA, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, will present a Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled "Federal Innovations in Advancing Behavioral Health...
A recent joint statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children's Hospital Association drove home the severity and scale of...