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DISCLAIMER: I already submitted one 'Apply HN' (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11584508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11584508), but as the YCombin

DISCLAIMER: I already submitted one 'Apply HN' (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11584508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11584508), but as the YCombinator application asks about other ideas founders are interested I thought I would post this as well. This is an idea I am passionate about as over the years I have seen friends and family struggle with the difficulty of being part of a study of one; so aside from being my 'other idea' post, I was curious for any feedback on how to get a project like this started that does not have a business model attached (my thoughts are around non-profits and research grants, although I have not looked into the later). I'd also be curious to get connected with anyone else interested in similar ideas.

tcj_phx 10y ago
My experience as an observer of the mental health system is that it's a complete disaster. See my submissions & comments. If your app was combined with my "scrap & rebuild" of the System, it'd probably be quite useful. The worst of the patients are stuck in a tunnel, but such an app could be especially useful for helping family & friends keep track of how the patient is doing - what helps, and what makes their condition worse.
- thevibesman 10y ago
  > helping family & friends keep track of how the patient is doing - what helps, and what makes their condition worse. This relates to one of my motivations for this idea: there is only so much family and friends can do and when they are tasked (if at the request of the patient) with this sort of tracking it can put strains on relationships. Sometimes the friend or loved one asked to watch out for this things is not the right person to hear it from when the data matters. I feel it would empower patients to have their own access to this information than it being held by a friend or family member---other users contributing to the patients data is a good idea I think. EDIT: (below) >If your app was combined with my "scrap & rebuild" of the System, it'd probably be quite useful. What I am proposing is a way for patients to better understand data about themselves, which would be important in any mental health system. There are many mental health success stories today; I'm not proposing a replacement but a way of improving an existing system. I think it is important to better understand these success so they can be duplicated (and failures in the evaluation-loop learned from).

tcj_phx 10y ago

My experience as an observer of the mental health system is that it's a complete disaster. See my submissions & comments. If your app was combined with my "scrap & rebuild" of the System, it'd probably be quite useful. The worst of the patients are stuck in a tunnel, but such an app could be especially useful for helping family & friends keep track of how the patient is doing - what helps, and what makes their condition worse.

thevibesman 10y ago
> helping family & friends keep track of how the patient is doing - what helps, and what makes their condition worse. This relates to one of my motivations for this idea: there is only so much family and friends can do and when they are tasked (if at the request of the patient) with this sort of tracking it can put strains on relationships. Sometimes the friend or loved one asked to watch out for this things is not the right person to hear it from when the data matters. I feel it would empower patients to have their own access to this information than it being held by a friend or family member---other users contributing to the patients data is a good idea I think. EDIT: (below) >If your app was combined with my "scrap & rebuild" of the System, it'd probably be quite useful. What I am proposing is a way for patients to better understand data about themselves, which would be important in any mental health system. There are many mental health success stories today; I'm not proposing a replacement but a way of improving an existing system. I think it is important to better understand these success so they can be duplicated (and failures in the evaluation-loop learned from).