The FDA has approved Neuronetics' transcranial magnetic stimulation system as a treatment for adults with major depressive disorder, the company said this week.
Wysa, an artificial intelligence digital mental health platform, nabbed $20 million in funding, the company said July 18.
Below are Forbes' top five virtual psychiatry platforms, determined considering costs, conditions treated, quality of providers and more, published July 14.
The U.S. has seen a broad push for increased mental health resources since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but staffing and provider counts are still woefully inadequate in some places.
Nevada HHS is using a $3.8 million grant to launch Virtual Crisis Care, a program providing law enforcement with 24/7 access to counselors when responding to mental health crisis calls, law enforcement news source Police1 reported July 7.
Arise, a mental healthcare company aiming to provide comprehensive virtual care for eating disorders, launched July 11 after raising over $4 million in a seed-funding round.
Behavioral health professionals are concerned that for-profit, corporate online behavioral healthcare companies don't adequately train their practitioners and have questionable prescription protocols, liabilities that one industry veteran called "a catastrophe waiting to happen," Kaiser Health News reported July 8.
Noninvasive stimulation of the corneal surface in the eyes resulted in "remarkable" antidepressant-like effects and also reduced stress hormones in an animal model of depression, a study published May 27 in Brain Stimulation and June 25 in Annals of the…
The FDA designated digital therapeutics company OxfordVR's GameChange virtual reality mental health platform a breakthrough device.
Headspace, a popular meditation and mindfulness mobile app, announced its new Leadership Workshop Series, a three-branch program designed to coach leaders on best practices to support mental health in the workplace.