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Hims Mental Health review for Black men: medication, not therapy (2026)

4.0/5

Hims Mental Health is an online prescription service for men with anxiety or depression. A licensed provider can prescribe generics like sertraline or bupropion, from $49 a month. It isn't therapy, and it doesn't take insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.

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Pros and cons

Pros

  • Prescriptions for eight generic anxiety and depression medications, including sertraline, escitalopram, bupropion XL and buspirone.
  • Prices start at $49 a month, and medication ships free.
  • Unlimited messaging with your providers.
  • Online from start to finish, beginning with a free consultation.

Cons

  • Medication only. Hims doesn't offer talk therapy.
  • No insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.
  • Its pages describe no way to choose a provider by race.
  • Some conditions aren't treated on its platform, including substance use disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia.

Pricing and coverage

Pricing
Medications from $49/month, self-pay, with free shipping. No insurance.
Insurance
No commercial insurance
Notes
Hims says it doesn't work with insurance companies or accept health insurance, and doesn't currently accept Medicare or Medicaid.

What Hims Mental Health is

Hims calls it "Online Mental Health Care for Men." You start with a free consultation online, and a licensed provider can prescribe medication if it fits. Medication ships to you free. It is not therapy: Hims's mental health page offers medication, messaging with your providers, and treatment guides in its app, not talk therapy.

The medications

Hims lists eight generic anxiety and depression medications: bupropion XL, buspirone, citalopram, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, sertraline and venlafaxine. Prices start at $49 a month.

Insurance

Hims says it does "not work with insurance companies or accept health insurance" and does "not currently accept medicare or medicaid." You pay out of pocket.

What it doesn't do

Hims says some conditions aren't treated on its platform, naming substance abuse, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and couples and relationship issues. Its pages describe no way to choose a provider by race and no crisis service.

How to use it

Hims fits if you want medication and already have a therapist, or medication is all you're after. If you want therapy too, Talkspace, Brightside and Cerebral offer therapy and medication on one platform.

To find a Black therapist, start with our directory of Black therapists, where every listing rests on the clinician's own word that they are Black.

In crisis right now? Call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, any time. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Our methodology

We read Hims's own mental health page and its FAQ on September 28, 2026, and every fact here comes from them. We did not sign up or attend sessions. The rating is our editorial judgment of those published facts.

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