Mental

Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing Your MindAndy Dunn's start-up, Bonobos, was being courted for an acquisition by retail giant Walmart. It was a thrilling process, but the co-founder and former CEO of the online menswear brand knew it was time to disclose his secret: He had bipolar disorder.In his new book, "Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind," the 43-year-old entrepreneur opens up about how his personal life fell apart shortly before Walmart's $310 million acquisition of Bonobos in 2017 came…

Speaking at an event for the New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Youth Anxiety Center, Kid Cudi spoke on the importance of mental health and talked about how his daughter’s approval is the only approval he needs.“Before I actually had therapy, the music was there for me. It was the perfect way to express myself and feel safe doing it,” Cudi said, per Vogue. “I’m always asking my daughter if she’s cool. I’m always checking in with her. That’s important; I feel like that’s good for our connection.”The Man on the Moon rapper …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As U.S. cities rethink the role of law enforcement in nonviolent 911 emergencies, new Stanford research uncovers the strongest evidence yet that dispatching mental health professionals instead of police officers in some instances can have significant benefits. …

Master P is mourning the loss of his daughter Tytyana Miller, who passed away reportedly from a drug overdose. At a recent show, the rapper paid tribute to his daughter and shared a message about the importance of mental health awareness and substance abuse.“We ain’t gonna grieve no more, we’re going to celebrate because now I’m going to be able to take care of millions of kids and save millions of lives,” P said during the performance. “I’m going to get out here and play my part… Mental illness and substance abuse is a…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun policy. It requires both prevention and crisis response that take students' emotional well-being—not just their physical safety—into account.…

About three out of five professionals in the U.S. (59%) do not believe their employer supports their mental health, according to a survey of 3,269 professionals on the professional social network Blind. Some companies that fared the worst in mental health have suffered everything from recent layoffs to employees upset with return-to-office plans or a lack of work-life balance. A majority of employees at some of the largest and most well-resourced companies, including Apple, DoorDash, JPMorgan Chase, PayPal and more, claim…

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Last April, Alex and I reported CB Insights data showing that venture investment into mental health startups had dropped sharply in Q1 2022 compared to the preceding quarter. But in the last couple of weeks, I have heard about several venture-backed deals into the subsector of health tech. They got…

For more than 25 years, Richard Youins struggled to find help with his drug addiction. Youins is from New Haven, Conn., home to both Yale University and a number of less affluent neighborhoods—his community has been shaken by murders and drug-related crimes during the pandemic. Substance use clinics and treatment sites were available, but he felt the care they provided overlooked who he was as a person. The needs “of our community weren't being addressed,” says Youins, who is Black. “It wasn't realistic.” Youins felt…

Jennifer Wong is the Co-Founder and CEO of Empathie, a self-guided learning app that teaches you how to navigate life situations involving family, day-to-day interactions, self-compassion, and other stresses. She's also a founder of a UX design boot camp called Product Design Fam. Her goal is to empower minorities to feel balanced in their everyday life. In this AMA, we discussed with Jennifer the importance of mental health, and how it connects to cultural backgrounds. Sara PintoSlogging insightsJennifer Wong is the…

Young people in the United States are experiencing a mental health crisis. Warnings from the surgeon general, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association and other prominent organizations, as well as regular news reports, highlight the catastrophe, with parents struggling to help their children, and students lined up in school halls to get even a few minutes with counselors, psychologists or social workers who are overwhelmed with young patients seeking services. Has the current crisis been…