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Mental health startup Cerebral teams with Alto Neuroscience to bring 'precision psychiatry' to patients' homes

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Mental health startup Cerebral teams with Alto Neuroscience to bring 'precision psychiatry' to patients' homes. Sun, 12/19/2021 - 19:55.

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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

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TikTok , the rapidly growing social media platform popular among children and young people worldwide, remains surprisingly under-researched in psychology and psychiatry, according to a two-part study. Search Timeline: The search was conducted between June and July 2021, resulting in the screening of 275 studies initially.

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How telepsychiatry is helping chip away at the mental health crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It is no secret that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis due to aggravated conditions from the pandemic exacerbated by of a shortage of mental health professionals, especially psychiatrists. As many as 80% of individuals seeking mental health treatment in the U.S.

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TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale

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State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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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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How virtual reality can help address the mental health professional shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More people are in need of mental health treatment today than ever before, but there just aren't enough therapists to meet the growing demand. received mental health treatment or counseling. You have said that virtual reality is "the goldilocks" mental healthcare needs. million adults in the U.S.

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Vita Health Announces $22.5M Series A Funding Round

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The Vita behavioral health care pathways are based on the founding team’s successful clinical trials published in JAMA, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and thousands of patient encounters demonstrating reductions in suicide attempts by more than 60% and deaths by up to 80%. In 2021 there were over 1.7