Employee Benefit News August 25, 2021
Can mental health care be administered with the touch of an app?
Peter Hames, co-founder and CEO of the digital therapeutics developer Big Health, is confident it’s possible. In fact, he thinks it’s the future of comprehensive healthcare benefits.
“We’re taking evidence-based non-drug therapies for problems traditionally delivered by human therapists and then fully automating it,” says Hames. “Just pure software.”
With 64 peer-reviewed clinical papers under its belt, Big Health aims to help millions who experience chronic sleep trouble and anxiety feel better without medication or a therapist. Instead, the cure lies in cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT. CBT challenges daily behaviors and sets time-sensitive goals, which ideally lead to healthier coping mechanisms and thought patterns.
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