Brightside Health Expands to Serve Teens
17 Septiembre 2024 - 6:01AM
Business Wire
New offering of telemental health services for
teens cements Brightside Health as the most comprehensive
telemental health care platform
True to its mission of expanding access to care, Brightside
Health now offers mental health services for teens aged 13 to 17,
ensuring that younger populations have access to the care they
need. With this expansion – and services like virtual intensive
outpatient programs for substance use disorder and Crisis Care for
elevated suicide risk – Brightside Health further solidifies its
position as the industry’s most comprehensive telemental health
care platform.
In 2023, 4.5 million U.S. teens aged 12 to 17 experienced a
major depressive episode, yet less than a third received mental
health treatment. Brightside Health aims to bridge this gap by
offering teens and their caregivers specialized care and support
from the comfort of home within two days, including after-school
hours.
Brightside Health’s data-driven model is highly effective:
Within 12 weeks, 86% of patients experience clinically significant
improvement and 71% reach remission. Applying this same rigor to
treating teens, a Brightside Health provider partners with the
teen, and their caregiver where appropriate, to address issues such
as peer pressure, social media challenges, life transitions,
self-esteem, body image, trauma, and abuse. Treatment options
include therapy or a combination of therapy and psychiatry
services, with weekly video sessions, evidence-based
skill-building, progress tracking through the Brightside Health
app, and extensive caregiver support.
“Our expansion to serve teens demonstrates meaningful progress
and our deep commitment to solving the hardest problems in mental
healthcare,” said Brad Kittredge, Co-Founder and CEO of Brightside
Health. “Paired with offerings like Crisis Care for those with
elevated suicide risk and IOP for SUD, Brightside Health is the
most comprehensive telemental health care platform available. We’ll
continue to expand our services; collaborate with commercial,
exchange, and government payers to increase access; and advance
mental health treatment for underserved populations.”
Teen services are currently available in 15 states (Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and
Utah), with plans for a national rollout. As part of its commitment
to treating underserved populations, Brightside Health proudly
serves Medicaid beneficiaries and will expand its offerings for
teens to include Crisis Care in 2025. Considering 27 million
children under the age of 18 are enrolled in Medicaid, and suicide
is the third leading cause of death among teens aged 14–18 years,
the need for such services is paramount.
“Our focus has always been on treating the most challenging
mental health conditions,” said Dr. Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and
Chief Medical Officer of Brightside Health. “As teens are one of
the most at-risk populations, this is a meaningful expansion to
support our mission. We are dedicated to applying our methods
wherever the need is greatest, ensuring superior clinical outcomes
and the safest care possible.”
For parents and caregivers interested in treatment options for
teens, please visit www.brightside.com/teen-care to determine
coverage in your area or to receive alerts about availability. If
interested in partnering, visit
www.brightside.com/partnerships.
About Brightside Health
Brightside Health delivers life-saving mental health care to
people with mild to severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other
mood disorders, including those with elevated suicide risk and,
with its recent acquisition of Lionrock Recovery, substance use
disorder. Powered by proprietary AI, purpose-built technology, and
a world-class clinician network, Brightside Health combines
precision psychiatry and leading-edge therapeutic techniques to
improve patient outcomes across the entire clinical spectrum,
affordably and at scale. Brightside Health can be paid for with
insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. Brightside Health is
available in all 50 states and D.C. with appointments in 48 hours
or less. Learn more at www.brightside.com.
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Hannah Changi Brightside Health press@brightside.com