MENTOX

Your Place for Mental Detox.

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Inspiration

We came across the idea of curing mental health problems through Socialization. So, as we all know that nobody knows us better than our friends and family, MENTOX provides you a built in chat option for the group of people close to you because social interaction is one of the best solution for problems like depression, anxiety, etc.

What it does

It provides a platform for people to _ chat publicly_ and get rid of the feeling of being alone. So, the user can join/form groups of family/friends, along with that he can also join groups to chat with pshychiatrist to get the best of advices. We also have a Blog page for the users to get regular motivations/mental enrichments to help them get out of their problems.

How we built it

We used ReactJS and Material-UI for the frontend of our website. Also, we've used Chat-Engine (socket.io) for the chat app feature and the login authorization of the chat app. For backend we've used NodeJS and MongoDB. Team was in proper sync while working and the work went smooth.

Challenges we ran into

We faced problem in ChatAPP credentials saving feature so that the user needs to login only once and gets remembered in localhost. It was also challenging for us because we were using Socket.io for the first time. Also, the Github Token Access update in middle of hackathon was a little problem for two of us in team.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our biggest accomplishment was our main feature of app, i.e, Chat-Engine but we're proud that we were finally able to do it.

What we learned

We learned using Material-UI in a much better way and found it a lifesaver. We also learned using Chat-Engine (Socket.io) for the first time.

What's next for MENTOX

We plan on to make a pshychiatrist consultation feature for our app so that users can book appointment with them.

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