What’s Social-Emotional Learning Got to Do with IT?

Christina Caron / New York Times:
Some teens are using TikTok to self-diagnose mental illnesses, as health providers worry about inaccurate information and accounts encouraging harmful behavior  —  While social media can help people feel less alone, using it to evaluate symptoms has several downsides.

Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews:
Miami-based Brave Health, a Medicaid-focused virtual mental health care provider, raised a $40M Series C, bringing its total funding to $60M  —  The company announced a $10 million Series B raise last year.  —  Virtual mental health company Brave Health scooped up $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures.

Student mental health is in a state of crisis, with 70 percent of school districts reporting an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services as the 2021-2022 school year came to a close, The Washington Post reports.
Schools are looking to address the situation: There’s been an almost 26 percent increase in social-emotional learning tools purchased during the last school year compared with the year before. But more can be done, especially when schools focus on students’ primary modes of self-expression: their devices.
EdTech talked to GoGuardian’s Beacon Strategic…

Eleanor Cummins / Wired:
Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn’t establish causation  —  A British court ruled that teenager Molly Russell died in part because of online content—but holding platforms accountable is complicated.

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
BetterHelp, Cerebral, and other digital mental health companies are failing to offer quality care due to unprofessional therapists, a pressure to grow, and more  —  Heavy advertising and other strategies from Silicon Valley’s playbook boost providers’ growth but not the quality of care

The Information:
Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says its surveys of creators show Instagram lags behind TikTok and YouTube on the most important creator satisfaction dimensions  —  For the past couple of years, as Instagram has sought to better compete with TikTok, becoming more appealing to creators has been a top priority.