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Evidence, measurement‑based care, and practical guidance from the clinicians shaping how care is delivered on Headway.

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Access is improving. The harder question is whether care is working.

Mental health spent a decade solving for access to care. The next chapter has to be about whether the care people get actually helps them, and about proving it.

Jennifer Christian-Herman · Sep 17, 2026

Nearly 1 in 5 people seeking mental health care report thoughts of suicide

Across 189,225 intake appointments in all 50 states, 18.6% of patients, and nearly one-third of adolescents, reported suicidal thoughts before treatment began. Headway’s new peer-reviewed study in JMIR Mental Health is the clearest national picture to-date.

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Dr. Nicole Benson · Aug 20, 2026

A year of building the EHR mental health clinicians actually wanted

When we expanded our EHR last September, we made a promise: keep building until the everyday work of running a practice gets easier so clinicians can spend less time on admin and more time with their patients.

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Dr. Nicole Benson · Aug 12, 2026

Headway expands its free, insurance-native EHR

Today, Headway is announcing the expansion of our Electronic Health Record (EHR) system: a now AI-assisted platform built specifically to empower mental health providers who accept insurance.

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Headway · Sep 9, 2025

The patient perspective: insights into the future of care

Mental health care is changing lives for the better — with 86% of American patients currently in therapy confirming that it has improved their quality of life.

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Headway · Dec 10, 2024