WEB-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANT APPLICATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY USING WEB SCRAPING

Abstract

Technology is very crucial in human life in today's modern era. As technology develops, many things are gradually becoming more accessible. This includes access to health care service, not only physical health but technology can help to create virtual assistance in efforts to maintain a person’s mental health. Virtual assistance can appear in various forms, including in the form of a chatbot. With affordable and easily accessible facilities and services that users can access anonymously. With this web-based application that can meet the needs of mental health maintaining assistant, the Mental Health Web scraping Chatbot will make it easier for users to consult about their mental condition. The chatbot will direct user to input the keyword that is relevant to their mental condition through conversations, thereafter providing solutions in the form of media (Links to motivation or solution video, web articles, etc.) and activity suggestions (Based on trusted and eligible sources). Although it is not a serious problem, Web scraping Chatbot takes time to load depends on the data scraped and internet connection. This application will be developed in a web-based platform and will be improved regarding the existing features of similar applications to improve the quality of user experience.