Behavioral health

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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:13 pm November 12, 2024
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Rula.  Rula announced that its network of more than 10,000 mental health providers will now be available to Amazon customers through Amazon's Health Conditions Programs. Rula connects patients with mental healthcare professionals and offers extensive support during multiple steps of a patient's mental health experience. The digital...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:00 am November 5, 2024
Recovery.com, a marketplace-style platform for patients and mental health professionals, has garnered $5 million in funding from Jason Krantz, the founder and executive chairman of data analytics company Definitive Healthcare. The recent funding brings Krantz's total investment in the company to $15 million. He will join Recovery.com's board of directors.  "Recovery.com is a company I cofounded...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:14 pm November 1, 2024
CredibleMind, a digital mental health platform that captures data to drive outcomes in behavioral health, has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Horizon Mutual Holdings.  WHAT IT DOES CredibleMind's AI platform scans, arranges and personalizes tens of thousands of expert-curated resources across over one hundred mental health subjects.  The platform creates a custom-made digital...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 06:54 pm October 24, 2024
Teletherapy company Talkspace entered into a strategic partnership with Wisdo Health, a social health and peer-support platform centered on combating loneliness.  The collaboration aims to increase access to mental health resources for people older than 65 while lowering healthcare costs, boosting member engagement and addressing the escalating mental health crisis that is pervasive among older...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 04:45 pm October 17, 2024
Arbital Health, a technology company focused on outcomes-based contracts, entered into a continued long-term strategic collaboration with Quartet Health, a virtual mental and behavioral health platform. As a partner in helping design and monitor outcomes-based contracts, Arbital aims to support Quartet's Whole Health program that lowers costs and improves patient outcomes for those who have been...
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By  Adam Ang 06:09 am October 17, 2024
A project from the University of New South Wales could be the first in the world to deploy virtual reality tools to help address trauma in rural and regional indigenous communities. Based on a media statement, the project will work with Aboriginal communities in developing culturally informed tools that can be used to provide psychosocial support and address intergenerational trauma. VR tools...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:20 pm October 8, 2024
New York-based mental health technology company Resilience Lab has acquired online psychiatric medication management platform Options MD, which will allow Resilience to offer integrated prescription management and psychotherapy services for moderate to severe mental illness.  Resilience Lab is an online mental healthcare platform that connects patients with therapists who specialize in depression...
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By  Adam Ang 04:22 am October 4, 2024
Mental health app Lissun bags $3M for AI integration  Mental health platform Lissun in India has scored $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by RPSG Capital Ventures. With its fresh funds, the startup plans to integrate AI into its suite of digital mental health solutions which target corporates, schools, and families of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. The new funds will...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:40 pm October 2, 2024
DarioHealth, a digital chronic-condition-management platform, announced it has entered into a new contract with a national Medicare Advantage health plan and plans to launch its behavioral health initiative, Twill by Dario, for the plan's members in Jan. 2025. Dario's platform and set of solutions provides data analytics and one-on-one coaching for a variety of health conditions, including...
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By  Adam Ang 04:01 am September 30, 2024
Despite growing up with technology and the internet, young people of New Zealand have expressed a strong preference for in-person help when it comes to their mental health.  Research led by the University of Otago, Wellington explored the views of people aged 15-30 on digital mental health supports.  FINDINGS  A survey was conducted online in 2022 and culled complete responses from 1,471...