Fast Company July 22, 2021
During the pandemic, addiction treatment moved online. Now, a rush of new companies are trying to figure out how to make the process stick.
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a stunning report that showed drug overdose deaths shot up 30% in 2020. While the pandemic has led to increased distress among Americans, it’s also opened the door for innovation in certain aspects of mental healthcare, especially around addiction. Rehabilitation programs—ranging from 12-step programs to medication-assisted therapy—all went online. Now, a cadre of startups are thinking about how they can leverage the boom in telehealth to deliver better addiction care.
Historically, in-person substance abuse treatment has been a jumble of 12-step programs, religious residential centers, luxury...
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