HEADSPACE HEALTH better ,” Thapliyal comments . “ Beyond that , if you need a little bit more help , then you are able to talk to a life coach , through text and video , for your subclinical needs .
“ If you have a certain situation where you need clinical help , then you are able to elevate the service level to clinical where you can now schedule time with a therapist or psychiatrist , get medication , or whatever it takes to get you into a better state from a mental healthcare standpoint ,” he explains . “ That ' s the vision of the company : to focus on outcomes and to make sure anyone who comes and uses our service is able to get better from a mental healthcare standpoint .”
Helping remove the mental health stigma Millions of people worldwide are living with a mental health condition , not helped by the COVID-19 pandemic which exacerbated mental health concerns , with a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation finding that nearly half of adults in the United States reported symptoms of depression or anxiety during the subsequent global lockdowns .
According to Headspace Health , mindfulness and meditation can positively impact mental and physical health , whether by reducing stress , improving sleep , increasing focus , or improving relationships . “ Our core mission is to build a service where mental healthcare is easily accessible to everybody in the world . We want to see a world where mental health is never an obstacle for anyone ,” Thapliyal says .
Building this world is a huge challenge . According to a recent World Health Organisation study , about one in eight people – a billion people worldwide – suffer from some kind of mental health disorder . Of those , Thapliyal comments , about 75 % of them never even get any help for their mental healthcare .
EXECUTIVE BIO
PUNEET THAPLIYAL
TITLE : CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER
INDUSTRY : MENTAL HEALTH CARE LOCATION : CALIFORNIA , US
Puneet is the Chief Information
Security Officer at Headspace Health where he heads up overall strategy and direction of product and IT security as well as member data privacy . He is a seasoned cybersecurity and networking executive with previous stints at Yahoo ! and Oracle . Puneet is an active member of the OWASP , Cloud Standards Customer Council ( CSCC ) and Cloud Security Alliance ( CSA ) where he actively contributes towards security emerging research topics such as the Software Defined Perimeter ( SDP ) and Cloud Standards activities . He has extensive experience with cloud security and has helped build one of the first Firewall As A Service ( FAAS ) offerings . He holds multiple technology patents including in the areas of Web App Security and Multicast Protocol Congestion Control . Puneet earned an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from HBTI , Kanpur and a masters degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer ( RPI ), NY .