The reasons teens don't receive treatment vary, sometimes its accessibility, sometimes its financial inability, and sometimes its the stigma related to being diagnosed. Whatever the reason, the research is telling us that mental health disorders are on the rise and access to care is not rising to meet it.
The gap between diagnosis and access widens every day. Let's do something about it.
HEARD is developed to fill that gap. It is not about replacing therapy- -it's about making therapeutic activities more accessible. It's about meeting teens where they are at (on their cell phones) and giving them control over when and how they heal.
Most importantly, HEARD is about using technology to create equity in mental health interventions and studying its effectiveness so that we can make it better for generations to come.