(2018-05-14) These Matter Startups Are Transforming Mental Health Care

These MATTER startups are transforming mental health care.

Keith Wakeman, CEO of SuperBetter

Digital health tools

often feel corporate or clinical and struggle to engage in everyday life.

To the human brain, playing is different than learning

We created a way to use the psychological strengths and common language of game play to empower people with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, concussion and other conditions to tackle their challenges.

In 2016, we partnered with a private-equity backed health improvement company to co-develop a new version of SuperBetter that meets the needs of the employee wellness and human capital markets: SuperBetter At Work.

Later this year we will evaluate candidates for our next partnership to bring SuperBetter to the behavioral health or education markets

Alex Leow MD, PhD, Co-founder of BiAffect

The lack of objective markers for the diagnosis and assessment of these disorders creates barriers to treatment in terms of increased uncertainty and increased time in the evaluation of what disorder we are treating, as well as the effectiveness of our treatment.

BiAffect’s innovative approach aims to understand and examine the ubiquitous ‘virtual mental-health footprints’ or ‘signatures’ of abnormalities in people suffering from mood disorders, notably abnormalities in cognitive skills.

David Cohn, CEO of Regroup

Regroup provides high-quality clinicians who deliver telepsychiatry and other telemental health services via a secure, HIPAA compliant virtual care platform.