Folks, I don't think it helps anyone's mental health to conjecture about the future of the forums at this point in time. I've shared all the information I have available to me today.

Healthline and the people who own it are NOT, in my opinion, just like any other digital publisher online. I went through several candidates of potential buyers and out of all the people I spoke to, Healthline and the people behind it are the most dedicated to furthering helping people understand their own health and mental health challenges. They were deficit in mental health information, so this was a really good fit.

I've been meeting (virtually of course) with the leaders of all the various teams I'm going to be working with for at least the next year. Through and through, these are people who understand the mission and vision behind Psych Central. I am confident they are the right people to steward Psych Central through the next decade or two of its life.

As for the community, I just don't know yet. Yes, it's true, they don't have other online communities. But I've made a strong rationale for our support groups here, not only for merely keeping them, but improving them, expanding upon them, and more. But as I said in the other Healthline thread in GSC, they are grappling with moving over the 40,000+ articles on the site to their own content platform (content refers only to articles written on psychcentral.com or one of its subdomains, not the forums). That is their first priority, and given the size and complexity of the site, it will take them until November to complete.

I will continue to keep the community informed with additional information as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience.