
As money pours into digital therapeutics, insurance coverage crawls
Talk therapy didn’t help Lily with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. But a video game did.
As the 10-year-old zooms through icy waters and targets flying creatures on the snow-capped planet Frigidus, she builds attention skills, thanks to Akili Interactive Labs’ video game EndeavorRx. She’s now less anxious and scattered, allowing her to stay on a low dose of ADHD medication, according to her mom Violet Vu.
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