BREAKING FREE

LifeWorks acquires Breaking Free, a leading provider of digital substance use disorder treatment

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Monday, January 24, 2022

LifeWorks, a leading provider of comprehensive mental health, digital and in-person total wellbeing solutions, announced the acquisition of Breaking Free, a provider of evidence-based behavioral health SaaS solutions for substance use intervention.

Key Points: 
  • LifeWorks, a leading provider of comprehensive mental health, digital and in-person total wellbeing solutions, announced the acquisition of Breaking Free, a provider of evidence-based behavioral health SaaS solutions for substance use intervention.
  • Todays acquisition supports the strategic direction to grow the capability offered by the LifeWorks platform and enhances the mental health and total wellbeing offerings to care for individuals that need support for both substance use and other mental health concerns.
  • This acquisition will accelerate LifeWorks growth, over time, by adding substance use solutions to its platform and making these available to the more than 25,000 client organizations that already rely on LifeWorks mental health and wellbeing services.
  • The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that five percent of the worlds population has used an illicit substance.