Compass Pathways’ Post

Every 40 seconds, someone dies from suicide; tens of millions more live with mental health conditions for which there is no good standard of care.   Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is one of these conditions.  A lesser-known subset of major depressive disorder, TRD is believed to affect more than 100 million people around the world*. People living with TRD have tried at least two different treatments within a depressive episode without success, with the chance of response decreasing with every subsequent treatment. More needs to be done to change this. This Mental Health Awareness Month, we hear real stories from people living with TRD. *Reference: McIntyre RS, et al. Treatment-resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions. World Psychiatry. 2023 Oct;22(3):394-412. 

In the latest episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership podcast, our CEO, Kabir Nath, talks about our mission at Compass, the urgent unmet need in mental health care, and how we are working to bring new treatments to patients. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eyGfjJDk

“My advice is to make your club as inclusive as possible: with our hiking group, for instance, we try to plan walks that are suitable for different ability levels.” Earlier this year, members of Compass’s team founded a London-based hiking club: opportunities for team members to get together and discover day walks in and around London, as well as longer excursions around the UK. Hear from the club’s co-founders, Megan Croal, Senior Clinical Science Research Associate, and Ryan Murrell, Senior IT/AV Support Engineer, about what inspired them to set up the group and their advice for people wanting to start their own employee-led clubs. 

We’re pleased to share our Q2 2024 financial results and business highlights with investors here: https://lnkd.in/eKVcXEYh

Our Chief Technology Officer Gregory Ryslik has received an AI100 award from MachineCon 2024 for his leadership in AI, engineering, and technology in mental healthcare. Congratulations on your award, Greg!

This week two of our team members, Jamie Chai-Rees, Principal Statistician, and Ania Nowakowska GMBPsS, Senior Clinical Sciences Research Associate, presented some of Compass's research at the British Association for Psychopharmacology Summer Meeting in Birmingham.

“I enjoy being able to do things that make other people’s jobs easier, make their world more colourful–I love making a difference, no matter how small." Meet Merrily Hall, Learning Experience Developer at Compass. She tells us about her role at Compass, her PhD on high sensitivity, and why she works in mental health care.