Behavioral Health Business January 26, 2024
Lightfully Behavioral Health’s scale-up effort now includes expanding its virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) to college students nationwide.
The fledgling IOP stands among a small group of virtual behavioral health companies taking on intensive services — and an even smaller handful of companies targeting the collegiate population.
Mental health services offered by colleges are not new. However, worsening mental health among younger generations has led to more and more intense mental health care needs.
“[Colleges] don’t have enough resources… Counselors are struggling with what to do with students that maybe [they are] not prepared to manage,” Andie Hollowell, chief growth officer for Lightfully Behavioral Health, told Behavioral Health Business. “Based on the fact that colleges are largely providing outpatient services...
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