MedCity News October 3, 2024
Marissa Plescia

More investors are becoming interested in digital health startups specifically targeting youth behavioral health. However, there are still more opportunities to reach youth on Medicaid.

There is a youth mental health crisis in the U.S., and no one understands that better than Dr. Nicki Tessler, CEO and co-founder of teen mental health company BeMe Health.

Tessler is a psychologist by training, but launched the company because of her experience as a mom.

“I was really looking at my two teenage daughters, and I was like, ‘I know too much.’ I couldn’t put my head on my pillow at night,” she said in an interview. “We were feeling the industry for adults was archaic. I would look at them, and it...

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