Information Project

Brown, Megan. “Surveying the Mental Health of Utah's Public College and University Students.
Issue Brief 2019-5.” Utah System of Higher Education, Utah System of Higher Education.
Utah State Board of Regents, 60 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1284. Tel:
801-321-7101; Web Site: Http://Www.utahsbr.edu/, 31 Aug. 2019, eric.ed.gov/?
id=ED601932.

Cart, Julie. “Study Finds Utah Leads Nation in Antidepressant Use.” Los Angeles Times, Los
Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2002, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-20-mn-28924-
story.html.

“Mental Health and Substance Use State Fact Sheets.” KFF, 20 Nov. 2020,
www.kff.org/statedata/mental-health-and-substance-use-state-fact-
sheets/utah/#:~:text=Mental%20Illness%20Prevalence,-Mental%20illnesses
%20can&text=As%20shown%20in%20the%20figure%20below%2C%2016.6%25%20of
%20adolescents%20and,and%207.1%25%2C%20respectively).

Stevens, Taylor. “First-of-Its-Kind Report Addresses Ways to Reduce Suicide among Utah's
LGBTQ+ Community.” The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sept. 2020,
www.sltrib.com/news/2020/09/23/first-of-its-kind-report/.

Wright-Berryman, Jennifer, et al. Suicide Concern Reporting among Utah Youths Served by a
School-Based Peer-to-Peer Prevention Program., 2002,
eds.a.ebscohost.com.libprox1.slcc.edu:2048/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=8cbb08c1-1097-
44f5-a040-c6ee31eb3661%40sdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU
%3d#db=ccm&AN=134275857.

Persuasion Project
Cart, Julie. “Study Finds Utah Leads Nation in Antidepressant Use.” Los Angeles Times, Los
Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2002, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-20-mn-28924-
story.html.

Herald, Barbara Christiansen - Daily. “Utah Has Highest Rate of Mental Illness in US.”
Daily Herald, 2 Apr. 2014, www.heraldextra.com/news/local/utah-has-highest-rate-of-
mental-illness-in-us/article_053ef820-584d-5930-953e-c75548be7c5c.html.

Hyde, Jesse. “The Lone Peak Story: What You Didn't Know about Affluence and Teen
Suicide.” Deseret News, Deseret News, 15 Dec. 2016,
www.deseret.com/2016/12/15/20602427/the-lone-peak-story-what-you-didn-t-know-about-
affluence-and-teen-suicide#lone-peak-high-school-principal-rhonda-bromley-photographed-
at-lone-peak-high-school-in-highland-on-tuesday-dec-6-2016-prides-her-schools-proactive-
approach-toward-addressing-suicide-and-mental-illness.
Published: Nov 19, 2020. Mental Health and Substance Use State Fact Sheets. 20 Nov. 2020,
www.kff.org/statedata/mental-health-and-substance-use-state-fact-sheets/utah/#:~:text=In
%202017%2D2018%2C%209.0%25,5.6%25%20(13.8%20million).

Ramseth, Luke. “Hoping to Counter Deadly Trend, Utah Officials Confirm 425 Suicides so
Far in 2017.” The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sept. 2017,
www.sltrib.com/news/health/2017/09/13/seeking-to-counter-trend-utah-confirmed-suicides-
for-2017-utah-on-pace-to-beat-last-years-record/.