GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 06/25/26

🏛️ A new federal interpretation challenges the ‘gold standard’ of SMI care (Laura Lovett, Behavioral Health Business) — 06/25/26
TL;DR: A DOJ memo argues the ADA doesn’t require states to serve people with mental disabilities in the “most integrated setting,” raising provider fears of reduced community-care funding and a shift back toward institutional settings.

🧘 SuperLiving raises $7M in Series A funding led by Lightspeed (Indian Retailer) — 06/25/26
TL;DR: Bengaluru-based AI-powered preventive wellness platform SuperLiving raised $7M Series A led by Lightspeed to enhance its AI capabilities, expand vernacular content, and grow across tier II and III cities in India.

🧠 Kivira raises $1.8M pre-seed for AI-powered mental health diagnosis (Healthcare IT Today) — 06/23/26
TL;DR: Kivira, founded by Maria Carmona, raised $1.8M pre-seed from Wellstar Health System for its AI app that supports mental health diagnosis via structured assessments in primary care, with a UChicago Medicine pilot underway.

🧠 Preventing relapse in schizophrenia: focus on women’s mental health (Susan Hatters Friedman & Ashley A. Mulvihill, Psychiatric Times) — 06/25/26
TL;DR: Because estrogen is neuroprotective, women with schizophrenia face elevated relapse risk during low-estrogen phases—menses, postpartum, and menopause—so clinicians should tailor antipsychotic dosing across the female lifecycle.