<p>Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.<br>—</p><p>Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-farmers-therapy-mental-health-suicide-rates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-farmers-therapy-mental-health-suicide-rates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-farmers-therapy-mental-health-suicide-rates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/farmers/" rel="tag">#Farmers</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#Depression</a></p>
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<p>He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.<br>—</p><p>The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental health care that were actually available.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/centene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/centene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cen</span><span class="invisible">tene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>New Utah Law Seeks to Crack Down on Life Coaches Offering Therapy Without a License<br>—</p><p>Some therapists who lose their licenses transition to the unregulated life coaching industry, an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica found. A new law makes it clear that only licensed therapists can provide mental health treatment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-life-coaches-mental-health-therapy-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-life-coaches-mental-health-therapy-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-life-coaches-mental-health-therapy-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/lifecoach/" rel="tag">#LifeCoach</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a></p>
<p>Please join us this Sat (Aug 23rd) from 6pm BST for a 24hr charity stream with Belry & Nikoli raising money for @macmillancancer on <a href="http://twitch.tv/penancerpg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>twitch.tv/penancerpg</a></p><p>Accepting in game challenges & running RPG related giveaways throughout the stream. Help our cause at <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/pencanceandfriends" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.justgiving.com/page/pencanceandfriends"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.justgiving.com/page/pencan</span><span class="invisible">ceandfriends</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/macmillan/" rel="tag">#Macmillan</a> <a href="/tags/macmillancancersupport/" rel="tag">#MacmillanCancerSupport</a> <a href="/tags/fundraising/" rel="tag">#fundraising</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#cancer</a> <a href="/tags/twitch/" rel="tag">#twitch</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/charity/" rel="tag">#charity</a> <a href="/tags/charitystream/" rel="tag">#CharityStream</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#therapy</a> <a href="/tags/tabletop/" rel="tag">#TableTop</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/horrorgames/" rel="tag">#HorrorGames</a></p>
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<p>Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients<br>—</p><p>Owen’s 15-year-to-life prison term follows a 2023 investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica that uncovered a range of sex abuse allegations against the ex-therapist, who claimed to be a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sco</span><span class="invisible">tt-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/lds/" rel="tag">#LDS</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb?</p><p>One. But the bulb has to want to change.</p><p><a href="/tags/dadjokes/" rel="tag">#DadJokes</a> <a href="/tags/puns/" rel="tag">#Puns</a> <a href="/tags/notmyfault/" rel="tag">#NotMyFault</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>We are all trying to get an ounce of attention back on Gaza. This is an urgent project for kids who survived occupation torture camps (prison). I'm partnered with a psychologist who will bring these kids mental health workshops & more!</p><p>Make it happen: <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/hmg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>chuffed.org/project/hmg</a></p><p>@palestine<br><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>I'm really hoping we can return momentum to this mental health project for Palestinian kids who were in occupation prisons!!!!</p><p>Because this is a project of hope, and one that we can all blessedly join in with and help make happen. Read more and chip in: <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/hmg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>chuffed.org/project/hmg</a></p><p>@palestine<br><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>