mental illness

Four experts on mental health sit on a panel at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. From left to right they are: moderator Kenneth Rosenburg, psychiatrist and filmmaker; James Ashworth, interim chair of the Department of Psychology at the U; Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, psychiatrist and researcher at the U; Paula Cook, addiction specialist at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute; and Christena Huntsman Durham, vice chairperson and executive vice president of the Huntsman Foundation, which recently gave an unprecedented $150 million to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the U.

Destigmatizing mental illness

Lisa Potter, science writer
University of Utah Communications
Feb 27, 2020

U of U Health partnered with Sundance for a panel of experts on the front lines of the mental illness epidemic in Utah.

HUMANS OF THE U: LAUREN WEITZMAN

Janelle Hanson
November 6, 2017

Lauren Weitzman reflects on her brother’s mental illness and untimely passing, remembering the bond they shared over music.