Cox calls for mental health care expansion on Utah State Hospital’s 140th anniversary

Cox calls for mental health care expansion on Utah State Hospital’s 140th anniversary

Dr. Amanda Rapacz, assistant superintendent, and Dr. Paul Whitehead, medical director at Utah State Hospital during a tour of the the institution's Rampton building on July 23, 2025. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch)The Utah State Hospital has come a long way since it was conceived as the Utah Territorial Insane Asylum in 1885 at a Provo location meant to be as distant as possible from the city’s center. As this month marks its 140th anniversa…