Mental health startups and apps on the upswing

WITH wellness at the fore after a year full of stress, demand is at a high for mental healthcare services. Startups and apps in the field are raising record amounts of capital. Not only are individual consumers now more amenable to seeking help and making use of such healthcare, corporations are sitting up and taking note, with many starting to provide mental health services for employees as a work benefit.

In Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend, we look at the rapidly growing sector, and hear why practitioners think demand will outlast the pandemic.

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