Mental Health Executive Forecast: New Business Models, AI and Value-Based Care to Define Industry in 2024

The mental health industry is pivoting after the market’s rapid expansion related to COVID-era telehealth and increased demand for behavioral health services. Mental health providers are now seeking new methods of care, including AI-enabled tools, to improve existing mental health treatment frameworks, industry insiders told Behavioral Health Business. Mental health companies are also seeking new […]

Psych Hub Names New CEO; Talkspace Appoints CMO

Psych Hub appoints new CEO Psych Hub, a Nashville, Tennessee-based mental health education startup, has appointed Scott Healy as its new CEO.  Healy previously helped build Care.com, an online marketplace for child care, senior care and other family care services. Most recently, he was the general manager of health care ventures at Ascend Learning, a […]

COMPASS Pathways Signals Confidence in Psychedelics with $285M in Funding

London-based COMPASS Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS) has secured $285 million in private funding to advance the company toward offering psychedelics as a treatment for mental health conditions. The company appears to see a clear path toward FDA approval and has convinced several investors of the opportunity. COMPASS Pathways named 11 investment firms and hinted at […]

Psychedelics Must Be Based in ‘Traditional Psychiatric’ Care

For all the hype, psychedelics such as MDMA or psilocybin won’t succeed as a treatment or service line without substantial clinical support within behavioral health organizations. As recent ketamine-provider stumbles demonstrate, simply establishing access to and attempting to scale singular forms of treatment tend to lead to failure. Further, such treatment-specific ventures fail to address […]