Serenity: Guided Mental Health Review

Serenity is an app with a personal, mental health chatbot focused on helping its users overcome anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and the like. It is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and positive psychology. The app allows you to personalize your profile and define your goal from a selection of choices, such as “mindfulness and relaxation”, “building resilience”, “tracking my mood” and more. Then, the self-care companion engages with the user through a text-based format, asking questions as well as providing feedback and guidance to the user’s problems. The user can choose to do a “check-in” with the app, learn CBT techniques, take a PHQ9 (quick depression assessment), or watch videos to learn how to cope. The app also provides Covid-19 tools, such as a log, journal, and the ability to track symptoms. There are also additional resources separated into distinct categories, such as “adolescent mental health issues”, “building self-esteem”, and “eating disorders”. The app provides a monthly and yearly calendar chart so the user can better see the trajectory and changes in their moods.