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Online mental health services don't deliver what they promise, investors are pushing on lab-grown meat companies.
Good morning.
Online mental health services don’t always deliver what they promise. I started therapy during the pandemic, and I thought afterwards I’d start seeing my doctor in person, but most I’ve talked to still only see patients online. Remote treatment of mental-health problems surged in the pandemic, as in-person treatment became difficult while pandemic-driven isolation increased anxiety and depression. Telehealth technology was used for 36% of outpatient visits for mental-health and substance-abuse treatment in the March-through-August stretch of 2021, a jump from essentially zero before the pandemic, according to research from Kaiser Family Foundation. Some clients of digital mental health companies described to The Wall Street Journal how they were badly matched or encountered unprofessional therapists. Investors last year poured $4.8 billion into startups offering digital mental-health services.