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Mental Health Support Chatbot

This project is a Mental Health Support Chatbot built using Streamlit and OpenAI's GPT-3.5-turbo model. It provides mental health support through a chat interface, offering sentiment analysis, mood tracking, and personalized coping strategies based on user input.

Features

  • Chat Interface: Interact with the chatbot in a user-friendly chat interface.
  • Sentiment Analysis: Analyze the sentiment of user messages and categorize them into different emotions.
  • Mood Tracking: Track the user's mood over time based on their messages.
  • Coping Strategies: Provide personalized coping strategies based on the user's emotional state.
  • Session Summaries: Summarize the conversation and provide insights at the end of each session.
  • Helpful Resources: Provide links to immediate help resources for mental health support.

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Vikranth3140/Mental-Health-Support-Chatbot.git
cd Mental-Health-Support-Chatbot

  2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

    python -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\activate

  3. Install the required packages:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  4. Set up your OpenAI API key:

    • Obtain your OpenAI API key from OpenAI.
    • Add your API key to the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY or replace 'your_openai_api_key' in the code with your actual API key.

Usage

  1. Run the Streamlit application:

    streamlit run app.py

  2. Open the provided URL (typically http://localhost:8501) in your web browser.

  3. Start interacting with the chatbot:

    • Type your message in the input box and press "Send."
    • The chatbot will respond to your message, analyze the sentiment, track your mood, and provide coping strategies as needed.

Project Structure

  • app.py: The main application file containing the Streamlit code and logic for the chatbot.
  • requirements.txt: List of required Python packages.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

Resources

If you need immediate help, please contact one of the following resources:

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
  • Crisis Text Line: Text 'HELLO' to 741741
  • More Resources