Cerebral, a behavioral telehealth company, will pay more than 16,000 consumers restitution for allegedly violating New York laws by making it difficult to cancel subscriptions to the platform. 

Around half of mental health practitioners surveyed by Wiley said they have used generative AI in some form in their practice in the past year. 

New York City will pay Talkspace $26 million over three years to operate TeenSpace, the city's new virtual mental health platform for teenagers. 

New York City is launching TeenSpace, a free mental health platform for teenagers in the city. 

The global mental health app market is projected to grow to $6.5 billion by 2028, according to a recent market report from BCC Research.

Here are seven behavioral health technology updates that Becker's reported on since July 5:

Mental health software sales are projected to hit $8 billion by 2031, according to data from Astute Analytica. In 2022, the global market reached revenue of $2.8 billion. 

Digital therapeutics may be a powerful tool to help boost patients' mental health, according to an Aug. 1 article on the American Medical Association website.

The Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is teaming up with Blackbaud, a software provider focused on social impact, to bring K-12 students digital education programs addressing preventive behavioral health.

The partnership between Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group, and Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy resulted in the implementation of behavioral health services in more than 10,000 patients' primary care settings.

Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group, partnered with Froedtert Health, a healthcare system based in Milwaukee, bringing 30 new providers in Wisconsin counties to join the Concert Health collaborative care model.

Spero Health, an outpatient provider specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders, partnered with Atadas, a telehealth technology company, to implement AddMedPro, a patient-retention technology platform that personalizes medication-assisted treatments, according to a July 5 news release from Atadas and Spero Health.

There are 61 healthcare IT products being developed for treating substance abuse disorders to meet the substantial demand for more effective therapies, according to a July 5 report from GlobalData Thematic Intelligence.

Executives from Avel eCare, a clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services provider, met with U.S. Senate staff to discuss Virtual Crisis Care, a telemedicine program that allows law enforcement to connect with behavioral health professionals in situations when citizens are having a mental health crisis.

Blueprint, a technology platform for mental health providers, recently underwent a series A funding round. Here are five things to know:

The global mental health apps market is expected to grow by $946.8 million between 2023 and 2027, according to the "Global Mental Health Apps Market 2023-2027" report from ReportLinker.

SilverCloud is the virtual mental health company with the most health system clients, according to Avia Marketplace's "Top Digital Behavioral Health Companies" report for 2023.

Risa Weisberg, PhD, a primary care psychologist and the chief clinical officer at BehaVR, connected with Becker's to dive into an emerging mental health treatment: virtual reality-based care. 

Pediatric behavioral health provider Brightline was the victim of a data breach that could have affected up to 783,000 people.

Renate Nyborg, former CEO of Tinder, is set to debut Amorai, an artificial intelligence-based relationship and wellness coaching app for young adults.