Sold Out-Mental Health Digital Innovation Challenge

In our largest ever pitch contest we will find the best Mental Health companies in the country and get them on stage in front of you and our expert panel of judges.

Come watch as up to 5 great new ideas in Mental Health Pitch and compete to win $10,000 in cash and prizes!

Buy your tickets now (http://www.idolondemand.com/), seating is limited:

General Admission: $45.00

Students w/ID: $10.00

Dues Paying Members of the Meetup: FREE!

Our Panel

Dr. Steven R Daviss, MD : CMIO of M3 Information, a HIT venture developing the multidimensional mental health screening and monitoring tools, WhatsMyM3 and M3Clinician. He is Chair of the Committee on Mental Health Information Technology for the American Psychiatric Association

Todd Petri is co-founder of Milestone Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital fund located in New York City which invests over 50% of its capital in digital healthcare companies

Samir Malik s co-founder and CEO of 1DocWay, which enables doctors to interact face-to-face with patients in remote and rural settings

Why A Mental Health Digital Innovation Challenge is Needed

1 in 5 Americans suffer from some type of mental disorder. About 11.4 million adult Americans suffered from severe mental illness in the past year and 8.7 million adults contemplated serious thoughts of suicide. Among them, more than 2 million made suicide plans and about 1 million attempted suicides. What new digital technologies are being used to reduce mental illness and it’s impact on our families?

This emerging digital mental space is showing up technology applications ranging from tele-psychiatry / counseling to mobile apps to social media/education to wearable/sensible biomonitoring to care coordination/her platforms to consumer EEG to virtual reality & games.

This event is about showcasing & supporting firms in this space while bringing together a cross section of stakeholders interested in improving mental healthcare.

We will be inviting and challenging some of the brightest minds in the medical, mental health and engineering fields to submit their ideas on how digital technologies can

1. improve mental health services cost, access and quality to patients, and

2. support providers in their practices so they can treat each case as effectively as possible. From mobile phone applications to telemedicine, to leveraging the vast amounts of data today, there are many areas of opportunity.

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The Finalists!

OPTIMISTA (https://youtu.be/AEEWlGxCHLg) ( https://youtu.be/AEEWlGxCHLg ) - A relationship management tool that helps school counselors detect possible mental health disorders in adolescents and improve the relationship between counselor and student.

PSIOUS (http://www.psious.com/) (http://www.psious.com/) – Virtual reality mediated psycho-therapy with applications in the anxiety area.

GoFirst (http://www.illgofirst.com/) ( http://www.illgofirst.com/ ) - I’ll Go First is dedicated to providing time-sensitive and self-directed mental wellness and healing tools, social services, and pyscho education via a mobile app and online community, as well as in-person live conferences and workshops, which are rooted in trauma-informed and evidence-based recovery research and theory.

INTELLIQUIT ( http://www.medstartr.com/projects/578-intelliquit ) ­ A breathaylzer for smoking tied into games and apps for smoking cessation, a vexing challenge among the mentally ill. Started right here in NYC by an FDNY health manager - Fund it now on MedStartr! (http://www.medstartr.com/projects/578-intelliquit)

COURAGE (http://www.courageapp.com/) ( http://www.courageapp.com/ ) ­ An app that uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help patients handle depression.

UpLift (GuidedTrack) – a comprehensive mobile health depression treatment that integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mood tracking and adaptive troubleshooters.