11 Apr 2023

Local startup partners with Google to help mental health

From Nine To Noon, 9:30 am on 11 April 2023

A local startup is helping people around the world access help for their mental health, and has now partnered with Google.

Elliot Taylor is a former youth worker who's founded Throughline, the largest verified network of mental health and crisis helplines in the world, with 1300 helplines in more than 100 countries.

Now Throughline has the backing of Google to get more mental health helpline information to people who search for it around the world.

Google searches for help to assist with mental health have increased globally over the last few years including in New Zealand. Elliot Taylor speaks with Susie Ferguson.

Elliot Taylor

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