Utah Behavioral Healthcare Committee

Gratitude is good for you--it's scientifically proven! This week, help your mental health by practicing an attitude of gratitude.

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/11/13/prc-sgh-developing-an-attitude-of-gratitude-can-improve-your-life/

Developing an attitude of gratitude can improve your life FEATURE — Who or what in your life inspires gratitude? You can probably tick off a host of answers: the music of your child’s laughter; an unexpected smile; a kind word of encouragement from a stranger; a Southern Utah sunset’s fierce beauty. We’re all blessed in abundant ways. As we slide i...

Mental health days can give you the break you need. A new Utah bill has come out to make a mental health day a valid reason for missing school. If this bill passes, it will help children and teenagers with stress, anxiety, or depression cope with the difficulties they face.

Bill makes mental health day a valid excuse for school absence A new Utah bill would allow students to take a "mental health" absence from school without it negatively affecting their attendance record. House Bill 81, proposed by Rep. Mike Winder, seeks to add "mental or behavioral" health to the list of valid excused absences for students. Currently, students....

The Utah Department of Human Services partnered with Davis Behavioral Health to change a youth detention center into the Farmington Bay Youth Center. This will allow youth to receive the help they need without ever having to go through the justice program and without taking them out of their homes. Utah is working on building more partnerships and centers like this one. Great things are happening!

FBYC Open House 10 23 2020