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4therapy Wins Gold Award for "Best Use of the Internet Medium"
Mental health network 4therapy.com won top honors at the medical industry's leading forum and tradeshow last week, receiving the eHealthCareWorld gold award for Best Use of the Internet Medium.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000--Mental health network 4therapy.com won top honors at the medical industry's leading forum and tradeshow this week, receiving the eHealthCareWorld gold award for Best Use of the Internet Medium.
"This is a wonderful public acknowledgment of 4therapy's hard work and success," said Howard A. Brown, 4therapy's founder and CEO. "We launched 4therapy.com a few short months ago with the dream of creating a partnership of mental health professionals who recognize the immense potential for good of harnessing the Internet as a tool to build their practices and help more people in need. This prestigious award speaks to their vision."
4therapy.com, based in Culver City, Calif., was announced the winner of its category -- Best Use of the Internet Medium -- at a special eHealthCareWorld awards dinner in New York on Dec. 5. RealAge.com took the category's silver award, while CareGuide.com won the bronze.
Leading healthcare sites from around the world annually compete for eHealthCareWorld awards, which recognize and promote groundbreaking achievement in eHealth through the creation and execution of exceptional Web sites. Sites are judged upon numerous criteria, including content, design, structure, navigation, performance and interactivity.
Now in its fifth month of operation, 4therapy.com has already been recognized as a top mental health Web site by Gomez Advisors and About.com. 4therapy.com has also attracted numerous partnerships with leading lifestyle and medical sites that want to showcase its Therapist Locator, a search engine that provides consumers with free, confidential referrals to qualified therapists who meet their specific needs.
In November alone, the Therapist Locator helped more than 2,700 people find a therapist ideally suited to their needs. In addition, 4therapy provided information, online and offline support links, self-assessment exams, expert-moderated forums and private chat opportunities to tens of thousands more.
"We are very encouraged that more and more people are turning to 4therapy.com each month to confidentially find the right therapist and to learn more about mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse," said Brown. "Our goal is to revolutionize the way in which people seek help for emotional and mental conditions so that the gap between those who suffer alone and those who get treatment disappears."
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