Kooth PLC - London-based digital mental health platform - Confirms the launch of its digital mental health platform and mobile app, Soluna, in California, US, on January 1. Explains that Soluna offers California's six million 13 to 25-year-olds "free access to one-to-one professional support, self-guided tools, content, and activities, and peer support communities moderated by trained behavioural health professionals". The contract has an expected value of USD188 million through to June 2027, with possible revenue upside based on usage levels and product development.

Chief Executive Tim Barker says: "In a state where between 2019 and 2021, approximately one third of adolescents experienced serious psychological distress and there was a 20% increase in adolescent suicides - there is a clear imperative to transform mental health support. The launch of Kooth's service is a cornerstone of Governor Gavin Newsom's Master Plan for Kids' Mental Health and the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, and cements our momentum in the US."

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By Holly Beveridge, Alliance News reporter

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