On announcing the Huntsman family’s $150 million gift to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah, Peter Huntsman was perfectly succinct. And eloquent. And accurate.
"This is a collective failure of a state that has one of the youngest populations, the state that has one of the strongest budgets ... and greatest foundations of faith in the United States."
I am a lifelong Utahn. My family tree branches are laden with generations of chronic depression, anxiety and bipolar disorders and, too often, the accompanying shame that prevented us from getting professional help.