EDRA – An Emotional Health Detection And Recognition Assistant

Mental Health and Physical Health together are equally responsible for the overall well-being of an individual. We often give a preference to what we see (the body) rather than what we feel (the mind), resulting in negligence of our mental health. Moreover, getting treated for a mental illness is something considered as “negative”; hence with the stigma against mental issues, people do not openly talk about it. Over the years, therapy has proved quite effective in ameliorating one's mental state, but it fails to meet the expense of every pocket. Therefore, we propose EDRA - a chatbot created in order to communicate with the user and provide an environment just like in therapy. This virtual therapy works with the help of two principal models, the Emotion Recognition System and Deep Neural Network Model. The Emotion Recognition System helps to recognize the mood/emotion of the user with the text input it receives from the user, and with the help of this emotion, the Deep Neural Network Model yields a relevant response. On termination of the conversation, a report of the user's mental state is formed, and accordingly, specific remedies are suggested to lighten the user's mood.