We’re facing a pediatric mental health crisis that’s worsening by the day. Amid a national provider shortage, increased rates of anxiety, depression, and other behavioral health challenges are overwhelming under-resourced health systems and understaffed clinics. But even with urgent calls for more funding for therapists and increased access to care, the mental well-being of caregivers is often overlooked.
Mental health conditions among children are on the rise, medical spending
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Mental Health
Survey: 50% Open to AI-Enabled Triage for Faster Mental Health Treatment
What You Should Know:
- The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health is a rapidly growing field, but a new national survey from Iris Telehealth reveals that consumer trust hinges on one critical factor: human oversight.
- The 2025 AI & Mental Health Emergencies Survey suggest that while respondents recognize AI's potential to expedite the detection of behavioral health crises, they overwhelmingly oppose any model in which AI makes final care decisions without
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United We Care and Mason County Launch Digital Mental Health Pilot
What You Should Know:
- United We Care, a global deep-tech mental health company, has partnered with Mason County, Washington, to successfully launch a digital mental health pilot program in one of the nation's mental health care deserts. The initiative provides residents with 24/7 confidential access to mental health and substance use support.
- The program has shown promising early results: 50% of users booked a session with a licensed mental health provider, 72.5% completed
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Talkspace and Express Access Partner to Optimize Mental Health Referrals
What You Should Know:
- Talkspace, a virtual behavioral health provider, and Express Access, a referral platform funded by the National Institutes of Health, have announced a new partnership to reshape how Americans access mental healthcare.
- Talkspace is the first national digital provider to adopt the Express Access TOP Match™ system at scale. This integration will allow for scientific provider matching and real-time patient progress tracking to be embedded directly into its care
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Breaking the Silence: Using AI to Empower Men to Seek Help for Mental Health
In a world where strength is often measured by stoicism, millions of men are suffering in silence. The statistics around male suicide paint a sobering picture: men die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of women, making it one of the leading causes of death among men — particularly those in their middle years.
Despite this alarming reality, less than half of men experiencing depression, anxiety, or other mental health conditions will ever seek professional help. The
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Slingshot AI Launches Ash: The First AI Designed for Therapy
What You Should Know:
- Slingshot AI announced the public launch of Ash, the first AI designed for therapy, alongside an extension of its Series A funding round. Co-led by Radical Ventures and Forerunner Ventures, this brings the total capital raised to $93M, with previous investors a16z, Felicis, and Menlo also participating.
- After 18 months of development and testing with 50,000 beta users, Ash is now available as a free iOS and Android app, offering deeply personalized mental
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evolvedMD Secures $34M to Expand Integrated Behavioral Health Care Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- evolvedMD, a Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) provider, announced the close of its $34M Series B investment round, led by Sustainable Investing at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Existing investors Conductive Ventures, FCA Venture Partners, Healthworx Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, and Waterline Ventures also participated in the round.
- The funding will be used to accelerate evolvedMD's mission to increase behavioral health care availability and expand
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Talkiatry Launches New Couples Therapy Program, Expanding Access
What You Should Know:
- Talkiatry, a provider of high-quality, in-network psychiatry and therapy services announced the launch of its Couples Therapy program. The new offering marks Talkiatry's continued commitment to expanding access to high-quality care and evolving its services to best meet the clinical needs of patients.
- The Couples Therapy program follows the recent launches of its child & adolescent psychiatry (CAP) and geriatric services, and the expansion of its
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Handspring Secures $12M to Expand Youth Mental Health Virtual Therapy
What You Should Know:
- Handspring, a mental health provider specializing in high-quality virtual therapy for youth, young adults, and their families secures $12M in Series A funding led by Cobalt Ventures, with participation from NextView Ventures, nvp capital, 25madison, Arkitekt Ventures, VamosVentures, Hyde Park Angels (HPA), Cornucopian Capital, and two health plans.
- The financing will accelerate Handspring's mission to redefine youth mental health care by addressing the
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Healthcare’s Big Blind Spot: The Measurement Crisis in Inpatient Psychiatry
Healthcare is moving deeper into the value-based era. Metrics drive decisions, outcomes define quality, and performance data shapes reimbursement. Yet amid this transformation, inpatient psychiatry and behavioral healthcare remain the most notable outlier—excluded for a variety of reasons including stigmatization, subjectivity, and a high degree of variation in clinical operations from site to site.
Behavioral healthcare lacks the foundational standards and management models that have
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