GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 05/22/26

🧠 Ampa secures oversubscribed financing to scale portable TMS device for depression (PR Newswire) — 05/14/26
TL;DR: Palo Alto-based Ampa raised an oversubscribed round led by Morningside Ventures, Trimera Capital, Neta Foundation, Jake Collective, and Tim Ferriss, bringing total funding past $25M to scale its FDA-cleared Ampa One — a $3,000/month portable, camera-guided TMS device already in 30+ states and newly approved in Israel.

🤝 LEARN Behavioral acquires Little Leaves Behavioral Services from FullBloom in latest ABA tuck-in (Chris Larson, Behavioral Health Business) — 05/12/26
TL;DR: Gryphon-backed LEARN Behavioral added 18 center-based ABA programs serving children ages 1-6 across Maryland, Virginia, and Florida, extending its Mid-Atlantic and Southeast footprint amid accelerating autism M&A.

👧🏻 Kids Help Phone and TMU win $3.2M Wellcome grant for AI volunteer training simulator (GlobeNewswire) — 05/19/26
TL;DR: Toronto-based KHP and TMU launched a five-year partnership backed by Wellcome to build a generative AI conversation simulator and performance assessor that trains texting volunteers across KHP’s 273,000+ annual conversations.

📊 Spring Health survey: 95% of HR leaders prioritize mental health, only 9% see plan savings (Employee Benefit News) — 05/19/26
TL;DR: Mental health is now a near-universal HR priority globally, but only 9% of leaders report reduced health-plan spend from investments, exposing a persistent ROI measurement gap heading into open enrollment.

🧩 BHB unpacks what’s driving autism and IDD services dealmaking in 2026 (Behavioral Health Business) — 05/18/26
TL;DR: IDD services hit a record 31 deals in 2025 per Braff Group, and autism M&A is accelerating as quality-focused buyers chase consolidation despite Medicaid eligibility headwinds and ACA subsidy expiration.

🏛️ New York invests $18.4M to expand HealthySteps maternal mental health program statewide (Fingerlakes1) — 05/15/26
TL;DR: New York added 38 HealthySteps sites for a 25% capacity boost, plus $350K in Collaborative Care grants to seven organizations, announced during Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.

🤖 Ksana Health wins up to $17.9M ARPA-H contract to build behavioral health AI foundation model (PR Newswire) — 05/13/26
TL;DR: Eugene-based Ksana Health will lead ARPA-H’s Large Health Behavior Model project with Providence, MedStar, and University of Washington, using smartphone sensing and EHR data for proactive mental health intervention.

🤖 Psynk AI partners with Ocean View Psychiatric Hospital on first AI psychiatric assistant (PR Newswire) — 05/13/26
TL;DR: Cupertino-based Psynk AI embedded its purpose-built psychiatric-specific assistant into Ocean View’s live inpatient workflows for real-time documentation, patient assessment, longitudinal monitoring, and audit-ready compliance across clinical staff.