Senate calls for more action on postpartum depression and anxiety

SALT LAKE CITY — A resolution that identifies postpartum depression and anxiety as "a serious statewide public health issue" was approved Friday by the Senate in a unanimous vote.Eric Dyches, of Salem, whose wife's postpartum depression and anxiety led to her untimely death in February 2016, leading him to advocate for better understanding of the issue, was in attendance on the Senate floor as SCR11 was introduced and voted on.Dyches and the measure's sponsor, Sen. Brian Zehnder, R-Hollada