Health
Online Therapy Is Cheap Because Your Mental Health Data Is The Product
Apps like BetterHelp claim to bring therapy to the masses, but their platforms can’t survive at the cheap price points they’re offering. Turns out, they’re selling users’ mental health data to make up the cash.
By Alina Clough3 min read
Mental health issues have spiked for young people, especially young women. With one in three high school girls saying they’ve contemplated suicide, and the pandemic worsening loneliness, isolation, and depression for just about everyone, interventions like prescription medications and talk therapy can barely keep up with the demand from an increasingly depressed, anxious, and mentally unwell country.