Healthy Mind Tech
ENSURING QUALITY MENTAL HELP TO MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS
Mission
We strive to ensure that millions of Ukrainians have access to quality psychological care and improve their quality of life anywhere in the world
Vision
Every Ukrainian can objectively assess their mental state and, if necessary, receive psychological assistance in accordance with international quality standards
The problem
Around the world, mental health gains growing attention from governments, service providers, and users, as the importance of mental wellbeing cannot be overstated. At the same time, people in many countries still have problems accessing mental health care.
In Ukraine, mental health has been a neglected field for a long time, lacking sufficient attention from the state. The full-scale Russian war has only exacerbated the issue: despite the reduction of stigma, the system of psychological support was not ready for the large influx of people in need of help.
And it's only getting worse — according to the Minister of Health of Ukraine, about 15 million people in Ukraine will need psychological assistance, of which 3 million will need medical treatment.
The problem
Currently, there is lack of tools for quality preliminary assessment of mental condition that are widely accessible. That means that people in need cannot assess their condition and receive relevant recommendations, while mental care specialists require more time and efforts to pre-diagnose the client. This causes overwhelming burden on the system and limited access to quality services.
According to WHO, to fill in this gap, we must 'find innovative ways to diversify and scale up care for these conditions, for example through non-specialist psychological counselling or digital self-help' .
Our Solution
Our project will allow people from all over Ukraine and temporary refugees from abroad to undergo an objective assessment of their mental state and, if necessary, receive high-quality psychotherapeutic assistance.
We are developing a single questionnaire that adapts depending on the answers provided and allows for an initial assessment of the condition according to the DSM- 5 and ICD-10/11 classifications.
Based on this, users are assigned to automated interventions, psychoeducation, and psychotherapists depending on their level of mental functioning and a preliminary treatment plan is created for the psychotherapist.
This saves financial costs for diagnosis and selection of low-intensity interventions and psychoeducation, which in turn reduces the burden on mental health services.
How it works
Risk assessment (screening) is designed to assess the risk level of the individual's condition.
Diagnostics for disorders and determination of the severity of the individual's condition.
Detailed assessment with personalized questionnaires to suggest an individual's treatment plan.
Severity
Self-guided help and low-intensity interventions provided on the platform
Severity
Recommendation to see a psychotherapist while having access to relevant interventions
Severity
Encouragement to see relevant specialists and access to interventions on the platform
Benefits
Automation and adaptivity will allow a larger amount of individuals from different social groups and locations to have access to affordable and effective therapy
Symptomatic diagnosis will be based on the DSM-5 and ICD-10/11 classifiers, and psychodiagnostic methods will be socially and culturally adapted to Ukrainians, taking into account psychometric properties to improve diagnostic accuracy.
We use only evidence-based protocols recognized by NICE and APA and trauma-focused "first choice" approaches
Thanks to automation, we can obtain data on the impact of psychotherapeutic interventions, which will help assess the relationship between investment and mental well-being of Ukrainians, while partial automation of diagnostics will help optimize costs.
Features
for
Clients
Access to an objective mental health assessment and high-quality professional psychological support in all regions of Ukraine and abroad at the expense of donors
Storage of data on psychodiagnostics and psychotherapeutic interventions with the ability to pass the history of interaction with a psychotherapist to the next specialist if necessary
Features
for
Therapists
Readymade results of the initial diagnosis of the client
Tracking the dynamics of changes in mental functioning
A convenient tool for working with clients
The ability to save time on performing routine tasks and generating reports
Features
for
Donors
Monitoring the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions
Ensuring transparency in the processes and use of funds
Rational use of funds through automation of primary diagnostics and psychoeducation
Plans for 2023
Preliminary diagnostics
A client card that will contain a list of values of all scales and parameters that will be determined at the diagnostic stage.
A report in a document format that will contain the results of the client's diagnosis in an easy-to-read format.
Intermediate assessment
Recording in the client's card with new values of certain scales and parameters, which will allow you to track the dynamics.
Report on the results and progress of each client.
About us
We are a team of enthusiasts with experience in implementing projects in healthcare, technology, and marketing. We collaborate with renowned PhDs in psychotherapy and heads of research institutes in Europe and the US.
Contacts
Email: info@healthymindtech.ai