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We want to build open-source solutions and standards for using AI to solve mental health challenges. The goal is to apply DPI knowledge and practices that can help professionals deeply explore and understand the latest advancements in AI and how they can be applied to use-cases in mental health specific to India.
Project Sukoon aims to build open-source solutions and standards for using AI to address mental health challenges. Our goal is to apply Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) knowledge and practices to help professionals explore and understand the latest advancements in AI and their applications to mental health use-cases specific to India.
- clone the repo and create a virutal environement. Create a `.env` file and put in your secret keys like OpenAI keys
- install all dependencies in your environment (pip install -r requirements.txt)
- To use the API, run 'python sukoon_api.py'. else run `python.py` to run it in terminal
- To use web UI, cd to `sukoon-frontend`, run 'npm start' to access it in your browser.
- There's a newer frontend version in `frontend-vite` folder. To use this, cd to this and run `npm run dev` to view it locally.
- alternatively use this vercel deployment to access it - https://sukoon-1.vercel.app (might be stopped in future)
If you encounter any issues with the project, please create a new issue using the issue template. Provide as much detail as possible to help us understand and resolve the issue.
Current Challenges
We have three active discussions:
Develop a PII Removal Module
Optimizing Sukoon's Evaluation Pipeline
Improving Central Orchestrator Agent Classification in AutoGen System
Current Landscape
Mental health support in India faces several challenges:
Stigma and discrimination
Lack of awareness
Shortage of trained mental healthcare personnel
Affordability issues
Low budget allocation for mental healthcare
What could a solution look like? (Future Vision)
Very personal approach with focus on listening and emphasising
Available in 22 Indic regional languages, especially on mobile devices
Stores the user conversation locally, not on cloud -> ensuring complete privacy
Will provide helpful resources for most common mental health problems. However, it'll not prescribe any medicines
For training the bot , we can use federated learning
Aim is to get national-level adoption
If serious, there’ll option to reach out to a psychiatrist or support community groups e.g. peer to peer network
Have L1/L2/L3 level of support
Some interesting ideas to try:
Can we gamify the whole conversation? If yes, then how?
Can we nudge users to adopt emotionally healthier behaviour?
In particular, we can warn users about what not to do - relying on superstitions, isolation, labelling, and other unhelpful tactics
Give positive self-affirmation, create safety plan, etc
Can we develop Emotional Intelligence that understands not just emotions, but context behind it
Can we create a timeline tracker let’s say six month plan for meditation and track streak
Can we give them a phone number they can call to? The bot will mainly listen , empathize and offer safe advice
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About
We want to build open-source solutions and standards for using AI to solve mental health challenges. The goal is to apply DPI knowledge and practices that can help professionals deeply explore and understand the latest advancements in AI and how they can be applied to use-cases in mental health specific to India.