Headspace recently introduced Ebb, an empathetic AI companion. It helps users reflect and sort through their emotions, and provides recommendations for mental health content.
By moving beyond subjective and heterogeneous criteria and embracing objective brain function measures, the field of psychiatry can achieve greater precision and efficacy in addressing complex disorders.
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
Mental health company Lyra Health is now offering services for people struggling with cannabis, stimulants, opioids and nicotine.
The integration of AI into mental healthcare is more advanced than many realize because it’s not always obvious; frequently, it’s providing support to free up clinicians to spend more time with their patients or to get more patients into treatment.
MDMA-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for PTSD sparked debate, primarily focused on concerns of safety and efficacy. But no matter how novel a treatment may be, if it is inaccessible to the millions of people who need it, its relevance becomes insignificant.
Active investors chose Healthy Young Minds as the Pitch Perfect winner at the INVEST Digital Health Conference in Dallas. See how the company's CEO accepted the award.
Mayo Clinic has developed a new tool that could speed up the time it takes for digital health companies to validate their tech to hospitals.
Through a new partnership, students at schools within Cartwheel’s network in need of higher acuity care can access treatment through Charlie Health.
The AMA came out in support of the Biden-Harris Administration's final rule on mental health parity, while AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association argue that it will increase costs and negatively affect access to care.
A CEO and father of two reflects on the Surgeon General's recent advisory, evolving pressures on today's parents and the impact on mental health.
The ruling, which limits federal agencies' power to interpret ambiguous laws, now leaves crucial legislation like the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act vulnerable to court challenges, potentially unraveling years of hard-won progress.
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Expanding the diversity of our mental health workforce is crucial, but it’s a long-term goal that won’t address the immediate needs we’re facing today. We need solutions now to bridge the gap between demand and access.
The theme of the Pitch Perfect contest at INVEST Digital Health in Dallas is pediatric mental health. Six companies will compete in the event at Pegasus Park on September 18. Register today!
OpenAI’s GPT-4 was able to identify suicidal ideation with similar accuracy to clinicians, but in a much shorter amount of time, a new study from Brightside Health found.
Through a new partnership, Eleanor Health’s patients can access Thriveworks’ therapists for additional mental health support beyond their substance-use disorder, including couples and family counseling. Likewise, Thriveworks’ patients in Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington can receive substance-use disorder treatment from Eleanor Health.
It’s time for technology to deliver the tools that will help healthcare professionals respond to a mental health or substance misuse crisis with the same urgency we extend to patients experiencing a physical health emergency.