Solace is a mental health application designed specifically for students. The platform provides personalized features based on the user's mood and helps students navigate their emotional well-being efficiently. It also offers a support system where students can interact with counselors and a community to share their experiences.
Upon logging in, students are greeted with a pop-up asking, "How are you feeling today?" with options such as:
- Happy
- Sad
- Energetic
- Stable
Depending on their selected mood, they are presented with tailored features to enhance their experience. Alternatively, students can directly access their full dashboard.
- Students can sync their exam dates.
- The app provides pre-exam, exam day, and post-exam preparation messages.
- Helps in structured study planning and stress reduction.
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Gratitude Journal: Students can write three things they were grateful for in their day.
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Gratitude Wall: A digital space to add sticky notes, images, or other happy moments.
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Feel Worthy Section: Encourages students to acknowledge their small achievements, reducing comparison anxiety and boosting confidence.
- Community Chat: Students can join discussions with peers facing similar challenges in the form of avatars, keeping their identity anonymous.
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AI-Powered Chatbot: Available 24/7 for mental health support.
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Counselor Support: Students can book one-on-one or group counseling sessions.
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Let It Out: A space for diary entries in text, audio, or video formats.
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Guided Meditations: Includes guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, etc.
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Curated Spaces: Sleep music and curated spaces for introspection, with the facility of streaks.
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Spin the Chore Wheel: A fun way to complete daily chores. Students must complete and upload proof of five tasks, reducing procrastination.
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Questionnaire: A set of fun, situation-based, and mood-evaluating questions to assess the user's stress index. Identifies if the user is in a low or high-risk zone.
To increase user engagement, students earn coins upon completing tasks such as:
- Completing chores
- Answering questionnaires
- Writing gratitude journal entries
- Engaging in the "Let It Out" section
- Accept or Decline Counseling Requests
- Schedule Meetings with students
- One-on-One Calls & Messaging
- Frontend: ReactJS
- Backend: Flask
- Database & Authentication: Firebase
- Website link: https://bit.ly/solace-vercel
We plan to expand Solace with the following features:
- Wearable Data Integration: Syncing with wearable devices to track step count, heart rate, and sleep schedule, enabling a more personalized mental health experience.
- Period Tracking: A dedicated feature for female students to help them monitor their menstrual cycle and manage mood swings effectively.
- AI-Based Engagement Analysis: Using algorithms to analyze user engagement patterns and derive insights about their mental well-being.
- Automated Exam Scheduling: Instead of requiring students to manually enter exam schedules, Solace will sync with their school's curriculum for seamless scheduling.
- Intelligent Gratitude & Achievement Recognition: Automatically identifying user achievements and gratitude moments from their "Let It Out" entries, reducing the need for manual input and promoting self-appreciation.