CLRmind

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The Problem COVID-19 has made it so that now more than ever, many people are struggling with their mental health due to isolation, job loss, and losing loved ones. Some people are fortunate enough to go to therapy, but for many others the time and costs are not feasible and other factors such as stigma and accessibility can also discourage one from seeking help. People’s unhealthy coping strategies don’t do much to help their mental health and may actually make it worse. It is our belief that everyone should have access to mental health support.

Our Solution Sticking to StarHack’s theme of mental health, our group wanted to create an app that supports people on their mental health journey. With CLRmind, you are connected with a dedicated health professional in case you need professional support, can chat with the CareBot and access mental wellness resources to help you destress and feel better all from the comfort of your home for free! To keep users committed to self-care, we encourage them to access resources, play games and listen to music from the app to collect CareCoins, which can be redeemed for prizes.

What it does

CLRmind Our app helps users track their mental state on their profiles and encourages users to improve their mental wellness in order to gain points. Users won’t realize it, but they will be earning points just for taking care of themselves! When you download the app, you will be prompted to make an account and once you do, you will automatically be paired with a healthcare professional who you can contact anytime. On our main menu page, you will have options to choose from (all which will give you points) such as listening to relaxing music, playing fun games, viewing mental wellness resources, chatting with our CareBot, and viewing your progress. If you go to the ‘My Data’ page, you can view the total number of points you have, and answer monthly check-in questionnaires to keep track of your mental wellness. Points can be redeemed for prizes which we hope encourages users to get help if they need it and work on enhancing their mental wellness.

How we built it

Design Using Figma, we were able to visualize and design our app, and all the required components. We used a shared Google Drive to better communicate with each other and ensure that the needed components for the app were accessible. We had multiple docs to capture all the resources we used

Build Using expo (a framework built around React Native), we were able to program and design the app (with many errors along the way, but we made it!!)

Challenges we ran into

Overall, the biggest challenge was that it was our first time designing an app! Although the project went seamlessly as a team, we did not have the time to complete the 'Questionnaire' portion of the app :( But in the future, we would love to be able to edit our project and add more features.

Another issue we ran into was deciding what content we should have and how we'd add them in. For music, we originally thought to connect to a Spotify playlist, or provide some actual videos into the 'Music and Games' section. Instead we made a playlist on YouTube, and linked it to a button to save time.

Although miniscule, but still important, formatting the app with all the features was a BIG pain! A lot of work went into searching how to format texts in the way we wanted :(( But we figured it out (trial-and-error)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're very proud of how we worked together to create this project (team work is the dream work!!), and that we learnt so much about each other. The biggest achievement was that we were able to learn how to use Figma for designing the app (our first time), and that we built a super cool app with all these cool features (despite the pain when it crashed).

What we learned

In our opinion, what we took most out of this project was how people are so affected by mental health, and yet it's still not discussed as much as it should. We also learnt that there are many different solutions to a problem, and where some would work well, others would not. This is why we had so many features on our app, rather than focusing on one, as we wanted any person to open our app and be able to use it for their benefit. We also learnt how cool React Native is with all the tools it provides, and we went through several pages, tutorials, and videos to be able to build our app.

What's next for CLRmind

Artificial Intelligence and EEG Analysis Although we're pretty novice, we would like to explore the use of AI in early detection of various symptoms of declining mental health by tracking a user's interactions (such as the bot). In addition, we would like to explore EEG analysis and how we could better measure a person's mood through an EEG headset connected to our app. By cleaning and analyzing the data, the app would be able to tell whether the user is happy, sad, going into depression, and many more - thus giving an accurate diagnosis of the user's current condition, rather than making them answer questions.

Actual next steps As we don't have much experience in EEG analysis nor AI, we plan on editing the app to add the features we wanted (like the Questionnaire), as well as making our own games and music playlists, rather than pointing to a different app. That way, there is more engagement with our app. We would also like to create a page that could allow users to redeem their points with gift-cards! A future addition to our app would also be allowing users to chat with other users, in order to create a sense of community (and a feature for group calls).

In addition, the number of points you gain over the span of a month represents your mental wellness. Moving forward, we would try to have the app track when the number of points you get monthly is inconsistent from your average amount, which would suggest you need extra support. When this happens, CLRmind could give you suggestions on what to do next. If it is slightly lower than your average, then the ChatBot, ‘CareBot’, would check-in with you instead. If it is a significant drop, then your paired health care professional will be notified and you will be provided further assistance. We would also add an option where you can add an emergency contact such as a friend so they are prompted to check-in on the user.