How much should you trust BetterHelp, Talkspace, Cerebral and other mental health start-ups touted by celebrities?

By Kaiser Health News | July 11, 2022

When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feel­ing anx­ious and depressed at col­lege, Paul­son went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider direc­to­ry and start­ed call­ing men­tal health ther­a­pists. No providers in the Wis­con­sin city where her son’s uni­ver­si­ty is locat­ed had open­ings. So she bought a month­ly sub­scrip­tion to Bet­ter­Help, a Moun­tain View,…

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The Ontario Brain Institute selects 6 neurotech start-ups for ONtrepreneurs program

By SharpBrains | October 5, 2018

— Six break­through neu­rotech start-ups win cov­et­ed Ontario Brain Insti­tute award (press release): “Canada’s most pres­ti­gious ear­­ly-stage neu­rotech­nol­o­gy entre­pre­neur awards were announced today by the Ontario Brain Insti­tute (OBI). The ONtre­pre­neurs pro­gram, the sin­gle largest fun­der of ear­­ly-stage neu­rotech entre­pre­neurs in Cana­da, is invest­ing in six ear­­ly-stage ven­tures this year to help accel­er­ate their path…

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