By providing scaffolding to help build psychological flexibility among young people, we can not only support good mental health for life but reduce the mounting cost of mental healthcare.
Mental health is the defining public health crisis of our time. According to the CDC, 42% of high school students felt so sad or hopeless that they could not engage in their regular activities for at least two weeks in 2021, an increase of 50% from 2011. The amount who seriously considered
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Mental Health
Headway Expands Nationwide, Connecting Mental Health Patients with Care in All 50 States
What You Should Know:
- Headway, a tech-enabled network of mental health providers, has achieved a major milestone: it is now serving patients in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- Headway's national expansion marks a significant step forward in making mental health care accessible and affordable for all Americans. By addressing key barriers to care and partnering with major health plans, Headway is helping to create a healthier future for individuals and communities across the
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Wysa’s AI-Powered Mental Health Platform Now Available at FQHC
What You Should Know:
- Wysa, an AI-guided mental health platform, has partnered with MyCHN, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with 14 locations throughout Texas.
- Wysa's integrated solution will now offer continuous and accessible mental health care support across the care journey for patients and providers.
- Wysa's partnership with MyCHN follows recent launches with three leading orthopedic hospitals: the Living Well Center of Washington University at St. Louis, the
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TikTok Partners with Cleveland Clinic for Accurate Mental Health Content
What You Should Know:
Cleveland Clinic announced a partnership with TikTok to help users find educational and accurate mental health content. As part of the paternship, TikTok users in the United States will begin to have greater access to information about mental health directly from the TikTok app.
How It Works
When people search for terms linked to conditions or illnesses such as depression, anxiety, autism or trauma among others on TikTok, they will be directed to
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Amwell Expands to South Africa with Digital Mental Health Benefit
What You Should Know:
- Amwell forms a strategic partnership with Discovery Health, a health insurance administrator, which will introduce the first-ever digital therapeutic benefits funded by a health insurer in South Africa.
- As part of the collaboration, clinicians are now able to prescribe SilverCloud by Amwell, a clinically validated, evidence-based and affordable digital mental healthcare platform, to Discovery Health members.
Benefit Offering Expands Access to
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Highmark & Spring Health Launch Mental Well-Being
What You Should Know;
- Highmark Health and Spring Health today announced their collaboration to expand the number of access points to behavioral health care by 40 percent for Highmark insurance members, including children and teens.
- Highmark’s Mental Well-Being powered by Spring Health will offer multiple levels of support: digital capabilities for daily wellness, one-on-one care navigation, deeper clinical care through in-person or virtual therapy, medication management,
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The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Impacts Youth Mental Health and What We Can Do To Help
In the current digital landscape, the impact of social media on youth mental health is becoming an increasingly pressing concern. Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, recently issued a call to action, urging tech companies and lawmakers to take immediate steps to safeguard the mental well-being of our children and adolescents.
This timely request is certainly necessary, but it only scratches the surface of a complicated issue.
From my perspective as a
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Cartwheel Raises $20M to Tackle The Student Mental Health Crisis
What You Should Know:
- Cartwheel, a platform helping schools tackle the student mental health crisis by delivering affordable, evidence-based telehealth services with no waitlist raises $20M in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures. Reach Capital joined the round, as did earlier investors General Catalyst, BoxGroup and Able Partners.
- The funding will allow Cartwheel to expand mental health services to hundreds of thousands of new students in
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Banner Health Taps evolvedMD to Bring Behavioral Health to Primary Care Sites in Phoenix
What You Should Know:
- Banner Health forms a strategic partnership with Phoenix-based evolvedMD to place mental-health providers at Banner’s primary-care clinics, making it easier for people to receive mental health services they may need.
- The integration of mental health services in primary-care settings will be phased in at Banner Medical Group sites throughout metro Phoenix, starting in the East Valley at Banner’s East Mesa and Queen Creek locations.
- Under the program, a
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Headspace & Intermountain’s Castell Form VBC Mental Healthcare Partnership
What You Should Know:
- Headspace, a comprehensive digital mental healthcare provider, and Castell, Intermountain’s value-based care subsidiary, have signed a value-based care (VBC) mental health partnership designed to improve health outcomes through a personalized care experience for members.
- The VBC mental health partnership will provide members with access to Headspace’s clinical offerings including their self-guided content, behavioral health coaching, and therapy in an
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