GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 10/28/26

⚖️ Headway issues, then retracts new clinician contracts after therapist backlash (Ashleigh Hollowell, Behavioral Health Business) — 10/19/26
TL;DR: Headway rolled back a new Provider Agreement after clinicians objected to clauses relinquishing rights over their names, images, and voices, nonsolicitation restrictions, and mandatory use of Headway’s templates and tools.

🥑 MetPsy launches with $20M Baszucki Group grant to advance metabolic psychiatry at McLean Hospital (Baszucki Group, Business Wire) — 10/21/26
TL;DR: Baszucki Group launched MetPsy, a global network for metabolic psychiatry, with a $20M grant to establish a McLean Hospital clinical and research center studying ketogenic therapy for depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.

🚨 DOJ charges father-son duo in largest-ever $1.6B substance abuse treatment fraud scheme (Ashleigh Hollowell, Behavioral Health Business) — 10/23/26
TL;DR: DOJ charged David and Nathan Young, operators of 20+ Southern California addiction treatment facilities, with billing $1.6B in false claims using body brokers, bribed patients, sham therapy sessions, and shell companies to evade detection.

🤖 Tolan raises $30M for AI companion app helping users navigate life, relationships, and emotions (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch) — 10/19/26
TL;DR: Tolan raised $30M from Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, doubling its total funding, with 250,000+ active users (70% women, 40% parents) and double-digit millions in ARR for its cartoonish AI companion app.