Forbes February 21, 2024
While calling attention to the importance of mental health in America isn’t new, the pandemic and past four years have brought the issues into focus. Whether the crisis is getting worse – or it’s always been bad but the stigmas around discussing mental health publicly and seeking treatment have waned – the demand for services has skyrocketed amid a seriously strained provider supply.
In the digital health space where tech-driven care models have the ability to expand the reach of available resources, venture dollars have flowed into solutions that range from self-service meditation and tele-psychiatry all the way to emerging psychiatric treatments like ketamine and psychedelics. By Q4 of last year, while it represented a slowdown from previous years, nearly...