During my last year as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), I was in Oregon giving a presentation to a room full of mental health advocates, mostly family members of youth with serious mental illness. During my tenure as “the nation’s psychiatrist,” the nickname of my role, I oversaw more than $20 … Read more
The Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) at the University of Utah has been designated a Center of Excellence and a member of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a consortium of leading academic medical centers working to accelerate research, education, and improve treatment options for people with depressive and bipolar illnesses. HMHI joins 28 … Read more
Mental health startups had a stellar year last year with global investment in them rising 139 percent to $5.5 billion, according to the CB Insights 2021 State of Digital Health Report. Most of those agreements were at an early stage. That phenomenon was repeated in the latest funding news that came out last week from … Read more