SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Elemy (https://www.elemy.com/), the nationwide provider of childhood behavioral and mental healthcare, introduced centralized diagnosis-to-treatment services aimed to provide faster clinical support and comprehensive care for children suffering from behavioral, emotional and developmental disorders. With this consolidation of services, the company – which has increased the speed of diagnosis and treatment for more than 1,000 children with autism over the last two years – aims to increase the number of children receiving mental health support across the country.
Backed by ~75% of insurance providers, including Medicaid, Elemy provides end-to-end Diagnostics, Therapy, and Medication Management support for more than 15 mental health conditions, including Anxiety & Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Bipolar Disorder, Panic Disorder, and more.
“Our country is experiencing a childhood mental health crisis of epic proportions, with children waiting several months to receive a diagnosis and even longer to get into care. When it comes to our children’s mental health, every second counts – making today’s average wait time even more unacceptable,” said Yury Yakubchyk, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Elemy. “Elemy’s integrated care model brings support together into a single diagnosis-to-treatment model that encourages early intervention and decreases time-to-care. We’re uniquely positioned to take what we’ve learned in delivering autism care at scale over the last two years and apply it to childhood mental health - a huge opportunity to help tackle a national crisis.”
Counseling-First Approach to Support ADHD Medication Management
Elemy’s counseling-first approach ensures that medication is not the only solution for treating conditions like ADHD. Families must commit to participating in ongoing counseling alongside medication management - a fresh take on an industry-wide problem where providers often prescribe medication solely without sufficient therapeutic support.
Today, providers offer therapy or medication management for a handful of childhood mental health issues, whereas Elemy provides integrated support for more than 15 pediatric behavioral health conditions. With its laser focus on helping children, Elemy uses child-focused specialists to handle disorders using virtual therapy and medication management later this year.
Identifying Conditions Sooner
By combining in-house diagnostic services alongside in-house therapeutic services, Elemy is not only able to identify a behavioral health condition in a few weeks, but the company also gets children into care 3X faster (from 6 weeks down to one). By identifying conditions sooner, children reap the benefits of early intervention so parents can stay focused on their child’s health.
Increasing Access to Mental Health Care
With only 4,000 practicing childhood psychologists and 8,000 psychiatrists available to treat more than 15 million children in need, Elemy’s centralized platform offers a seamless care experience for children, families, and providers. The company's focus on virtual care provides access to people in rural areas far from city-based mental health specialists. It offers in-network services – a rare exception given most mental health specialists do not accept insurance. Elemy’s technology-based platform also reduces the administrative overhead that slows down most clinicians, allowing clinicians to offer the full range of behavioral healthcare services to a pediatric population that otherwise would not have access.
“The last few years have been unprecedented for our children and families. Deep, cross-discipline pediatric experience is necessary to better understand and support our children. Ad hoc digital therapeutic or virtual models don’t go deep enough to handle a crisis of this magnitude,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Flood, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Elemy.
About Elemy
Elemy is the nationwide provider of childhood behavioral and mental healthcare. The company launched autism care in April 2020 and has since expanded into developmental, attention behavior, anxiety, and mood disorders like autism, ADHD, OCD, depression, social anxiety, bipolar, and more. Its technology-driven care model, coupled with in-home care delivery, modernizes an inefficient system resulting in increased access, improved clinical outcomes, and lower costs. Elemy’s multidisciplinary clinical team oversees an integrated, whole-treatment model that yields powerful results, including an 80% improvement in behaviors. The company is backed by venture capital and healthcare investors, including General Catalyst, SoftBank, Founders Fund, etc. To learn more, please visit https://www.elemy.com/.
