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Mental Health Leader SonderMind to Provide More Personalized Care with Acquisition of Mindstrong Technology

Digital Health Global

Technology has a critical role to play in improving mental health care delivery and outcomes, but not on its own,” said Mark Frank, CEO and co-founder of SonderMind. The future of technology-enabled, personalized mental health care that we’re building at SonderMind is only possible because of thousands of SonderMind providers.

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Blackbird Health Raises $17 Million Series A to Expand Access to Integrated, Technology-Backed Youth Mental Health Model

Healthcare IT Today

Blackbird Health is a mental health company for kids and young adults struggling with social, emotional, developmental, and school-related challenges. “Our investment in Blackbird stems from a longstanding belief that the most successful models in pediatric mental health must be fundamentally focused on high-quality care.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. While technology is embedded in this list, the headlines have more to do with social, mental, and behavioral health than pure-play technology and devices.

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Treating Mental Health through Telehealth: Understanding Physician and Consumer Willingness

American Well

Approximately one in five adults in the United States has a mental illness, 1 but only 41% of those with a mental illness receive the necessary treatment. Telehealth can play an important role in improving access to mental health care and can help eliminate the stigma associated with seeking treatment.

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Treating Mental Health through Telehealth: Understanding Physician and Consumer Willingness

American Well

Approximately one in five adults in the United States has a mental illness, 1 but only 41% of those with a mental illness receive the necessary treatment. Telehealth can play an important role in improving access to mental health care and can help eliminate the stigma associated with seeking treatment.

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DSM 5 Internet Gaming Disorder: Personality Factors & Individual Differences

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Research has found that Internet gaming disorder is associated with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and stress ( Pontes & Griffiths, 2015; Wong, Mo, Potenza, Chan,, Lau, Chui, … & Lin , 2020) along with poorer sleep quality ( Lam , 2014) and family conflict ( Seok , Jeoung, Park, Park , 2018).