In some Utah communities, more than a third of adults are depressed — and a lot of them aren’t getting treatment

While Utahns debate the causes of the state’s infamously high rates of depression and suicide — is it the altitude? The culture? The number of guns? — a new report shows massive gaps in treatment of mental illness.

While more than a third of adults in some Utah communities are suffering from depression, less than half of adults with mental illness have received any treatment or counseling, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and the Utah Hospital Association.

"Utah has a high rate of adults with mental illness, but a shortage of mental health providers," the study reports.