Hill May 2, 2023
By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

The number of apps targeting mental health has exploded in recent years. But experts have mixed feelings about the efficacy of these apps — aimed at helping a variety of issues from mild anxiety to PTSD — and the privacy policies that come with them.

While apps aimed at helping mental health began popping up before 2020, the mental health app market has exploded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially due to a widespread decline in the nation’s mental health.

The number of Americans between ages 18 and 44 that received mental health treatment, including therapy or medication, went up from 18.5 percent to more than 23 percent between 2019 and 2021, according to data from...

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