Cerebral wasnt the first digital mental health provider to come under scrutiny.

We don’t have enough providers.

The ones that we do have aren’t available everywhere.

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Benjamin Cheyette, MD

We don’t have enough providers.

The ones that we do have aren’t available everywhere.

Despite these concerns, Cheyette believes that a portion of the dialogue around these platforms is absent.

They’re meeting a need.

Why did this happen?

Ruble says that companies that promise pain management or erectile disfunction medication are offering up the same ethical quandaries.

Yeah, that’s a great question.

And I think it’s one that none of the healthcare industry has figured out.

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