Ita mental health

What Ita mental health does

Ita Salud Mental is a Spain-based specialized mental healthcare provider operating a network of more than 40 centers across Catalonia, Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, Andalucía, and Aragón. Founded in 1998, the company delivers treatment for eating disorders (TCA), adolescent mental health, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, general psychiatry, behavioral and substance addictions, and obesity through a tiered care architecture spanning inpatient hospitalization (Hospitalización, Unidad de Agudos, Unidad de Crisis), day hospital (Hospital de Día), outpatient consultations, therapeutic accompaniment, and a virtual treatment unit (Unidad de Tratamiento Virtual / PEX Online) delivered via telemedicine. Multidisciplinary teams integrate psychiatric, psychological, nutritional, medical, nursing, and social interventions, with embedded DBT and RO-DBT methodologies and a family-inclusive treatment model that includes on-site schooling and parent training for child and adolescent patients.

The company monetizes through per-service billing to patients and reimbursement agreements with major Spanish health insurers including FIATC, AXA, Sanitas, Adeslas, Mapfre, DKV, CIGNA, Nueva Mutua Sanitaria, Agrupació Mútua, Mutua General Catalunya, and Azkaran. Distribution combines direct-to-consumer acquisition (phone line 900 500 535, online booking, SEO-optimized website, free online psychological tests, social media) with a dedicated derivador (referrer) channel targeting GPs, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and educators. The entity is a subsidiary of Clariane, a European healthcare and care services conglomerate, and also operates ancillary revenue streams such as the Ita Internacional service for foreign patients, a co-branded Master's program with Universitat de Barcelona, and clinical mediation services. The organization is ISO 9001:2015 certified by ENAC, GDPR compliant, and WMA-accredited, with its parent (Clariane España) holding Top Employer 2025 certification.

Name

Ita mental health

Legal name

ITA CLINIC BCN SL

Website

https://itasaludmental.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Ita Salud Mental is a Spain-based mental healthcare network operating 40+ specialized centers delivering inpatient, day hospital, outpatient, and virtual treatment for eating disorders, adolescent mental health, personality disorders, and general psychiatry. Founded 1998 and a subsidiary of European healthcare group Clariane.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Eating Disorder Treatment Programs (HLAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eating Disorder Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAE), Psychiatry & Medication Management Platforms (HLALAEAB)

Keywords

• Eating disorder treatment
• Mental health services
• Psychiatric care
• Adolescent mental health
• Personality disorder therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices25 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from inpatient hospitalization, day hospital (hospital de día), and external consultations across Ita network of 40+ mental health centers in Spain. Services include psychiatric, psychological, nutritional, medical, and educational social interventions billed to patients, insurance companies, and public health systems.
2. Insurance Reimbursement: Ita accepts patients covered by major Spanish health insurers including FIATC, AXA, Nueva Mutua Sanitaria, Agrupació Mútua, CIGNA, Sanitas, Adeslas, Mapfre, Mutua General Catalunya, DKV, and Azkaran. Revenue flows through insurance reimbursement agreements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ita operates a network of 40+ specialized mental health centers across Spain delivering treatment for eating disorders (TCA), binge eating and obesity (UTTAO), adolescent mental health (USMA), personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, general psychiatry, conduct disorders, and behavioral, substance, and technology addictions. Care is delivered across the full continuum: inpatient hospitalization, day hospital, outpatient consultations, home hospitalization, and virtual treatment via the PEX Online platform and the Unidad de Tratamiento Virtual, supported by multidisciplinary teams and family-inclusive programming.

Product overview

Ita is a comprehensive mental health treatment network operating over 40 specialized centers across Spain with more than 25 years of experience. The organization offers a multi-level care architecture including residential treatment, day hospitals, outpatient consultations, virtual treatment units, and crisis intervention services. Core treatment specialties span eating disorders (TCA), personality disorders, adolescent and child mental health, neurodevelopmental disorders, conduct disorders, general psychiatry, behavioral and substance addictions, and obesity. Supporting services include the Virtual Treatment Unit (PEX Online), the Ita Avenir transition program for young adults, Ita Internacional for international patients, a Virtual Campus for educational programs including a Master's in Eating Disorders with Universitat de Barcelona, and mediation services. The care model integrates psychiatric, psychological, nutritional, medical, nursing, and social intervention through multidisciplinary teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ita Internacional: Service for international patients providing treatment for foreign patients residing in Spain or patients living abroad who need to travel for treatment.

Products and services

• TCA (Eating Disorder Treatment)
• UTTAO (Binge Eating and Obesity Unit)
• USMA (Adolescent Mental Health Unit)
• Personality Disorders Treatment Program (with DBT and RO-DBT)
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders Treatment
• UPG (General Psychiatry)
• TC (Conduct Disorders)
• Family Therapy
• Unidad de Tratamiento Virtual (Virtual Treatment Unit)
• PEX Online (External Virtual Program)
• Crisis Unit (Unidad de Crisis)
• Acute Unit (Unidad de Agudos)
• Ita Internacional (International Patient Service)
• Ita Avenir Program
• Master's Program in Mental Health (Universidad de Barcelona)
• Behavioral Addictions Treatment
• Substance Addictions Treatment
• Technology Addictions Treatment
• Ita Diagonal Center

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces treatment wait times through coordinated network model that rapidly reassigns patients to appropriate care levels, preventing institutionalization and relapse.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ClarianecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIta Salud Mental is a brand of Clariane (formerly Grupo Ita), a European leader in healthcare and care services for vulnerable people. Clariane operates across Spain, France, and other European countries, providing Ita with financial backing, operational scale, and cross-border best practices in mental health care delivery.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Quironsalud (Grupo Quirónsalud): Largest Spanish private hospital group with broad specialty coverage including mental health units. Operates overlapping clinical capabilities to Ita across Spain but as part of a general hospital portfolio rather than a TCA-led network.
• Universal Health Services (Behavioral Health): US-listed hospital and behavioral health operator with one of the largest psychiatric inpatient and residential footprints in the US. Comparable to Ita in facility-based specialty behavioral care delivery, but at much larger US scale and broader diagnostic mix.
• HM Hospitales: Major Spanish private hospital group with multiple sites including Madrid-area facilities running psychiatry and eating disorder programs. Competes with Ita in the Spanish specialty mental health market but from a general-hospital platform rather than a dedicated ED network.
• Acadia Healthcare: US-listed pure-play behavioral health operator running ~250 inpatient and residential facilities across the US and UK. Closest public-market analog to Ita's center-led specialty behavioral model, albeit at vastly larger scale and with broader diagnostic scope.
• Sanitas (Bupa Spain): Bupa-owned Spanish health insurer and provider with mental health services and own clinical network. Overlaps with Ita both as a payor partnership counterparty and as a competing provider of outpatient mental health services in Spain.

Direct peers

• Eating Recovery Center: US specialty network treating anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder across inpatient, residential, PHP and outpatient settings. Highly comparable to Ita in clinical scope (TCA specialization), multi-level care model and payor-contracted service delivery.
• Renfrew Center: Largest US specialty provider of eating disorder treatment with a multi-state residential, PHP and IOP network. Closest international analog to Ita: same ED-focused clinical model, similar level-of-care architecture, comparable multidisciplinary staffing and similar patient demographic.
• Within Health: US virtual-first eating disorder treatment platform (formerly known as Project HEAL / Equinox) delivering PHP/IOP via telehealth. The direct digital analogue to Ita's PEX Online virtual ED program and a benchmark for international teletherapy expansion.
• Walden Behavioral Care: US Northeast specialty provider focused on eating disorders, OCD and related behavioral health conditions with residential, PHP and outpatient programs. Direct competitor analog in the ED-treatment category with similar clinical depth in TCA.
• Veritas Collaborative: US specialty chain dedicated exclusively to eating disorder treatment across all levels of care, including virtual programming. Closely comparable to Ita's single-specialty depth in TCA plus PEX Online virtual treatment layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/itasaludmental

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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