Nearly 500,000 children visit emergency rooms annually for mental health issues, with increasing needs among 6-17 year-olds, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. Despite 42% of high school students reporting feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2021, half of troubled youth aren’t receiving professional mental health services. Insurance limitations and poor mental health coverage complicate the situation, even after parity laws requiring insurers to cover mental and physical health similarly. Some schools attempt to provide mental health services, but these efforts fall short of the growing need.
Startup OMass Secures $310M to Advance Drug for Rare Endocrine Disorder
OMass’s molecule is vying to become an alternative to a Neurocrine Biosciences drug that is currently the only FDA-approved therapy for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. But
