Fierce Healthcare January 19, 2024
Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Lightfully Behavioral Health, a hybrid mental health provider, has launched a new offering to support college students.

Lightfully U is intended to support the more than 60% of college students who have at least one mental health condition. The offering is a virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) targeted at college students ages 18 through 25.

The number of college students participating in counseling or therapy has risen over the past several years. The average annual caseload for a typical full-time college counselor is about 120 students, with some centers averaging more than 300 students per counselor.

According to one survey, more than 40% of undergraduate students have considered dropping out, with most citing mental health as the reason. Experts have...

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