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Hello everybody! So I'm a software developer of sorts (beginning really, I'm still in high school haha) who has continuously dealt with depression/anxiety/sleep problems. Frequently I've been asked by my mental health professionals (therapists, social workers, psychiatrists) to track my mood and it's response to certain events. However, I haven't come across an app or website that I like to use. All of them are either overly complicated, take too much time, or are aesthetically unappealing. And even if I do track my mood, my therapist or psychiatrist will only be able to see it when we meet. So I thought of a solution. What if there was a website and phone/tablet apps to go along with it that were beautiful looking, easy to use, secure, simple yet configurable to be more powerful, and gave me daily reminders to check-in either by email or push notifications? And on top of that, what if my therapists/psychiatrists could have a professional account on the same service, where they had access to my mood graphs and check-ins? Currently I feel like I'm treated on a schedule, every couple weeks or however often I can meet with my therapist/psychiatrist. In the meantime my mood is free to go wherever it wants, changing from happy or neutral, to suicidally depressed, all with in a day or two's time. What if my therapist's involvement in my treatment was more constant? I know when I have suicidal days my therapists always tells me after the fact that I should've called her, but honestly I had no motivation talk to her when I felt like that. But if I simply marked that on my mood tracker, and she was automatically notified by text and email, then I possibly could have gotten help I was desperately in need of, but wasn't motivated enough to reach out for. It's going to take a lot of work to build this service and then get mental health professionals to adopt it, and it will only be possible if there's interest in using it by those who need the help. So before I put weeks and months of my life into building this service, would you guys be interested in using something like this? Oh, and personal accounts would be completely free, and you wouldn't have to have it linked with your therapist's account, that would simply be one possible option to help improve treatment. If you guys have any suggestions or concerns, voice them! Thank you so much in advance!
One more thing, for those people who are mental health professionals, would you be willing to try a service like this for yourself first and then possibly recommend it to your patients? And would you be willing to pay a small monthly fee each month to have access to a "professional" account with access to all your patient's mood graphs and check-ins? And are there any features you'd specifically want in a paid mental health professional account?
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