MindCheck

Inspiration

Being a team of international students, we’ve all faced moments when our mental health felt fragile and overwhelming. At times, we felt vulnerable and uncertain about where to turn for help. This personal struggle inspired us to create MindCheck—a personalized AI assistant designed to support individuals facing challenges like anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders.

What it does

MindCheck is an AI-powered mental health support platform that provides immediate, personalized resources. Users begin by answering a simple question: "How are you feeling today?"
Our pretrained AI model analyzes their input to detect emotions such as:

Anxiety
Stress
Depression
Suicidal thoughts
Bipolar disorder
Personality disorders

Based on the detected emotion, MindCheck curates four types of tailored support:

Videos
Articles
Links
Trusted Organizations

These resources are carefully selected to help users feel at ease and better manage their conditions, bridging the gap between mental health awareness and accessible support.

How we built it

We built the project using React for the front end and Flask (with Python) for the backend. For a visually engaging experience, we imported live, interactive wallpapers from an open source GitHub repository. Our AI model, also open source, was integrated into our backend.
We divided the work among four team members:

One handled front-end development.
One managed the backend.
One took charge of integration.
One curated the support resources.

Challenges we ran into

Integrating our systems was a significant challenge. Running React on one port and Flask on another on the same machine required careful configuration to ensure our RESTful APIs communicated correctly. This setup demanded extensive troubleshooting and time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We’re proud of completing our first hackathon project—especially one that serves a vital audience. Seeing MindCheck come together as a meaningful resource for mental health support is incredibly rewarding.

What we learned

We learned a great deal about integrating front-end and backend technologies, managing API communications, and overcoming real-world deployment challenges. This project deepened our technical skills and our ability to collaborate effectively.

What's next for MindCheck

In the future, we plan to add a daily mood check-in feature so users can record and visualize their mood trends over time. We also aim to integrate interactive games and videos directly on the website, and in emergency situations, display helpline numbers with an option to initiate a call directly through the platform.