Posts Tagged ‘Big Health’
“Digital therapeutics” vs. “Mental health apps”: A growing debate on standards, regulation and efficacy
The efficacy of Mental Health Apps (pharmaforum): In January, PLOS Digital Health published a study which claimed that there’s “sparse” data to support the efficacy of most mental health apps. In their meta-analysis of published studies, the authors found universal deficiencies and concluded that there’s no convincing evidence that app-based interventions deliver meaningful outcomes. Without…
Read MoreA few slow-paced breaths are enough to significantly reduce physiological stress
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, sharing important brain & mental health news plus a couple fun brain teasers to test your mental self-rotation skills. #1. Study: Education and lifestyle helped over a million older Americans avoid serious cognitive problems in 2017 Let’s kickstart 2022 with some good news: “The prevalence of serious cognitive…
Read MoreLyra Health, Big Health and Mantra Health raise a combined $332M to commercialize digital therapeutics for mental/ behavioral health
Lyra Health scores $235M and buys employee assistant program ICAS World (MobiHealth News): Employer-focused digital mental health provider Lyra Health announced a whopping $235 million Series F round led by Dragoneer. Salesforce Ventures and Coatue also participated. This new infusion of cash brings the company’s total raise to over $900 million. The funding coincided with…
Read MoreStudy: Self-guided sleep app Sleepio, combined with standard care for depression and anxiety, delivers better outcomes than standard care alone
Study backs benefit of insomnia DTx Sleepio on mental health (pharmaphorum): The study – published in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy – tested the Sleepio app developed by digital health specialist Big Health as an add-on to standard NHS care for anxiety and depression under the improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) policy. Patients…
Read MoreStartup Big Health raises $39M to universalize access to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and poor sleep
Big Health Hones Digital Mental Health Therapy With $39M Series B (Crunchbase): “Startup Big Health believes individuals can improve their mental health through its technology that focuses on cognitive behavioral therapy versus medication or the help of human therapists. On Thursday it raised $39 million in a Series B financing to advance that objective.
Read MoreCVS Health: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) apps may help you more than sleeping pills
__________ Sleep Therapy for the Masses May Be Coming to You Soon (The New York Times): “CVS Health wants to help millions of American workers improve their sleep. So for the first time, the big pharmacy benefits manager is offering a purely digital therapy as a possible employee benefit. The company is encouraging employers to cover…
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