"Traditional outpatient therapy, often requiring weeks-long waitlists, weekday appointments, and clinical settings that feel foreign to teens, fails to engage the majority of young people who need support, leaving them to struggle alone or turn to unregulated AI chatbots for guidance. Somethings has built a different model: on-demand access to Certified Peer Specialist mentors who are themselves young adults with lived mental health experience, trained and supervised by licensed clinicians to provide relatable support exactly when teens need it most."
"Through partnerships with Medicaid programs, state agencies, and school systems across the United States, the Brooklyn-based platform has supported over 11,000 teens, achieving a 65 percent reduction in depression and a 60 percent reduction in suicidal ideation among participants. The company's technology enables mentors to connect with youth after school and into evening hours - the periods when isolation and emotional distress peak - while AI tools support safety screening and clinical escalation without ever interacting directly with users."
Youth suicide has risen 62 percent over the past decade, and one in five high school students now seriously considers attempting suicide. Traditional outpatient therapy requires weeks-long waitlists, weekday appointments, and clinical settings that many teens find alienating, causing low engagement and reliance on unregulated AI chatbots. Somethings provides on-demand access to Certified Peer Specialist mentors—young adults with lived experience—trained and supervised by licensed clinicians. The platform has supported over 11,000 teens via Medicaid, state, and school partnerships, reporting a 65 percent reduction in depression and a 60 percent reduction in suicidal ideation, with 1,100x user growth and $28.6M total funding.
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