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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Mental Health
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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Headspace Launches Insurance-Covered Therapy Direct to Consumers
What You Should Know:
- Headspace, the world’s most accessible and comprehensive mental health platform, today announced the launch of Therapy by Headspace, its direct-to-consumer therapy service, bringing affordable, evidence-based care to over 90 million Americans across all 50 states.
- After a decade of providing therapy through employers and health plans, the company is now making that same care available to consumers nationwide.
Breaking Barriers to Mental Health Access: The
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Sword Health Raises $40M, Launches AI-Powered Mental Health Solution “Mind”
What You Should Know:
- Sword Health, the world’s leading AI Care company raises $40M funding round at a $4B valuation, led by General Catalyst.
- The company also unveiled Mind, a revolutionary mental health solution that combines AI and licensed clinicians to deliver continuous, personalized care, aiming to transform mental health from episodic talk therapy to a proactive, always-on support system.
- The new funding will accelerate the evolution of Sword's AI Care model,
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Wysa Launches AI-Powered Chatbot to Streamline Mental Health Patient Intake
What You Should Know:
- Wysa, the global leader in AI-guided mental health support, today announced the U.S. launch of Wysa Gateway, an AI-powered chatbot designed to streamline how therapy providers and health plans facilitate patient access to care.
- The platform uses a conversational AI to automate clinical screenings, providing a faster, more accurate, and personalized pathway into therapy.
- Developed to meet the rising demand for mental health services, Wysa Gateway
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Headspace Unveils AI-Powered Stratified Care Model for the Workforce
What You Should Know:
- Headspace, a global leader in accessible and comprehensive mental health platforms announced the launch of its stratified care model for organizations.
- The new approach is powered by Ebb, Headspace's empathetic AI companion, and is designed to intelligently guide employees to the most appropriate level of mental health care within the Headspace ecosystem, moving beyond traditional Employee Assistance Program (EAP) models that often default to
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