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Dost - a mobile app to deal mental health concerns

'Dost' app has an interactive chatbot that will empathize with the user and make them feel relaxed and worthy. The app includes several activities to relieve stress.

The problem Dost - a mobile app to deal mental health concerns solves

Our solution will help users in enhancing their well-being and look after their mental health. It will support them in maintaining a healthy balance and provide a means to fight loneliness and stress leading to deteriorating mental health in the COVID-19 (lockdown) situation too. People can use it for sharing their daily feelings with confidentiality and complete mini-activities to refresh their minds in any mood.
The mobile app will have a mood-boosting buddy (chatbot) who will always be there to listen to them without any judgment. The chatbot will ask users about their moods and respond accordingly.
It will also send timely notifications containing motivational or praising quotes to make users feel relaxed and worthy.
The app has several activities for the user to stay positive and overcome anxiety and stress.

Challenges we ran into

Dialog flow was new for us and we ran into some problem when we tried implementing it for the first time but this was resolved after we watched a few tutorials and read more about it.

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