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The United States From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this January 13th.

Happy Friday, everybody.

Some apps that connect patients with mental health providers must be hoping that this year is better than the last. It's true that the market for mental health apps is growing. It was valued at over $4 billion in 2021 and is primed to expand by 17% each year until 2030. The use of mental health apps exploded during the pandemic when in-person health care became harder to get. But that doesn't mean it's been an easy road for some of the

apps, which have dealt with everything from minor PR snafus to downright scandals. The app cerebral had a bit of a

rough year last year. It rang in 2020 with a valuation of $4.8 billion,

and you could say things were looking up, but that was then. Because Cerebral became snarled by a number of public gaffes.

In January, Instagram pulled ads from its platform that it said violated their policies. The ads were centered around ADHD and

eating disorders. Then in May, the app announced it was halting prescriptions of ADHD medications

for new patients. That was after a former executive filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired in

retaliation for speaking up about the company's unethical business practices, according to Ford's. One of

those unethical practices, according to the executive, over-prescribing stimulants like

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