GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 06/04/26

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🤝 Vaya Health and Partners Health Management to merge into North Carolina behavioral health giant (Laura Lovett, Behavioral Health Business) — 05/26/26
TL;DR: North Carolina MCOs Vaya Health and Partners Health Management will merge in October 2026 to form Vaya Partners, a combined entity serving ~222,000 members with mental health, substance use, IDD, and traumatic brain injury services.

🔬 Psilera closes $8.8M seed extension to advance neuroplastogen PSIL-006 toward clinical trials (PR Newswire via FirstWord Pharma) — 05/28/26
TL;DR: Tampa-based Psilera raised $8.8M in an oversubscribed seed extension to push lead neuroplastogen PSIL-006, designed to deliver psychedelic benefits without hallucinogenic effects, into first-in-human trials in 2027 for neurological conditions including alcohol use disorder.

🤝 Radley Health raises $3M seed to expand peer-driven mental health care into Georgia (Liz Engel, Cincinnati Business Courier) — 06/02/26
TL;DR: Cincinnati-based Radley Health closed a $3M seed round with Aurora Forge, Jackson Healthcare, Peg’s Foundation, and CareSource to scale its network of 450+ certified peer support specialists serving adults with serious mental illness across Ohio, with Georgia as its first expansion market.

🌱 Spring Health marks 10-year anniversary with vision for AI-native, lifelong mental health care (Adam Chekroud, Spring Health) — 05/29/26
TL;DR: Co-founder Adam Chekroud reflects on Spring Health’s decade of building Precision Mental Healthcare and outlines the next chapter: an AI-native model combining Alma (lifelong therapist relationships) and Guide (AI continuity thread), backed by the open-source VERA-MH safety benchmark.

🏛️ Curio acquires Nora Mental Health franchise to expand US behavioral health platform (PR Newswire) — 05/27/26
TL;DR: Princeton-based Curio FZ acquired the Nora Mental Health franchise system, a multi-state network of community-based clinics founded by Dr. Cullen Hardy, combining Nora’s in-person clinical footprint with Curio’s digital-first behavioral health platform to expand access across the US.