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About
OPTT sells to healthcare organizations rather than to patients: clinicians assign disease-specific therapy modules, patients work through them on their own schedule, and clinicians review and respond, which is how the platform claims to stretch a limited supply of therapists further. Co-founder and CEO Mohsen Omrani — a medical doctor with a PhD in neuroscience, based in Kingston — described it on the TechTO Health panel in May 2020 as a platform for delivering online psychotherapy targeted at healthcare organizations, with the goal of lowering cost and making mental health care more accessible. He and Queen's psychiatry professor Nazanin Alavi co-developed the tool in 2018; Omrani has been CEO since 2019.
Backers
Spun out of Queen's University in Kingston; no funding rounds are cited on the stage or in the sources read for this page.
Quick answers
What is OPTT?
The Online PsychoTherapy Tool: a platform healthcare organizations use to deliver therapist-guided cognitive behavioural therapy through pre-designed digital modules.
Who founded OPTT?
Dr. Nazanin Alavi and Dr. Mohsen Omrani co-developed it at Queen's University in Kingston in 2018. Omrani has been CEO since 2019.
Who uses OPTT?
Healthcare organizations and clinics rather than individual consumers — clinicians assign the modules and review patient progress, which is how the platform aims to increase care capacity.