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Experts are calling the mental health challenges many people are now facing the second wave of the pandemic. While they ve seen an increase in demand, they remind families there are resources and people ready to help. One Utah family is grateful it reached out years ago.
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.
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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, Latino Behavioral Health and the Utah Pride Center to address mental health crisis related to COVID-19 by connecting the partner organizations to community contributions totaling $67 million to improve access to mental health care for marginalized people in Utah.