A mobile companion application to provide self-help for anxiety, stress, panic, and worry. (MINDSHIFT APP)

Abstract

The objective of this project was to build a mental health mobile application to aid in curbing mental health challenges causedby stress, anxiety, panic, worry and stigma towards mental health talk among Ugandans through enhancing self-awareness, controlling moods, maintaining good habits and breaking bad ones. In order to build a viable product, a study was carried out aided by a number of research questionswith aim tocurb many of these mental health challenges and to create ideas tobe put in place to fight poor mental fitness amongst Ugandans. The significance of this study was and is to help both computing, medical students,and psychiatric researchers get hands-on skills and experience in mental health, to come up with a system tohelp track mood patterns, stress levels and data regarding mental health of users and hence find solutions to these social problems while positively affecting how users feel, think and act. A number of research methods and tools were used to aid the research including design and sampling methods, data collection methods and analysis to answer our research questions that aided in building the mobile application. In conclusion, a userfriendly mental health companion tracker app was built for Ugandans to have aneasier and quicker reach for mental health assistance at their comfort and be rest assured of confidentiality to the highest level with effective and efficient progress which should be a great weapon of psychological development and to Uganda’s mentalhealth sector.