The Science Behind the Best in Class Outcomes in Mental Health*
*according to Validation Institute and Al Lewis
One of my jobs is building the future of mental healthcare1. One of the places at which I do that is Acacia Mental Health. This program just got a remarkable stamp of approval.
The gold standard for “not a scam” in health benefits vendors is Validation Institute. Al Lewis, the author of the book on savings in healthcare, will very rarely also put a personal guarantee on a healthcare company. He puts money on the line—if you can disprove his math! They both Validated Acacia’s BRAIN protocol for both best in class outcomes and savings, and put $50,000 and $100,000 bets on their math, respectively.2
The science behind how Acacia was awarded the first “Program Level” validation for a mental health solution is what follows…
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, is teaching your brain how to suffer less.
The treatment uses a pattern of mild stimulation that passes harmlessly through the scalp, skull, and into the brain. There, it causes neurons to fire in that new pattern.
The mech…