Talkit: Localized, Anonymous Depression Caretaker

DOI

10.2991/aer.k.201221.095How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mental Health, Depression, mHealth, Therapy

Abstract

In recent years, the increase in mental disorders among university students has raised concerns about the effects that these disorders have on an individual’s life and the community as a whole. Depression, being the most prevalent mental illness, is being tackled via various methodologies. However, in a developing country like Pakistan, the stigmatization of mental health, low mental health literacy, distrust of professional therapists and lack of data privacy laws have resulted in barriers, disallowing individuals from catering for their mental well-being. In this work, we introduce an anonymous, focused and moderated online safe space along with self-therapy techniques to university students of Pakistan as a mobile application to encourage them to open up about mental health. With Patient Health Questionnaire used as the mental health indicator, the System Usability Scale and acceptability survey proved our application to be an acceptable option for the Pakistani context.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Saad Khan
AU  - Umer Zia
AU  - Naima Ali
AU  - Taimoor Ali
AU  - Soban Ali
AU  - Suleman Shahid
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/22
TI  - Talkit: Localized, Anonymous Depression Caretaker
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar of Science and Applied Technology (ISSAT 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 583
EP  - 590
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.201221.095
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.201221.095
ID  - Khan2020
ER  -