By: Shekh Abdullah-Al-Musa Ahmed, Maharaj Hossain Tanim, Musber Ahmed Sadman, Md Habibul Bashar
Abstract: The escalating global mental health crisis has high- lighted a critical shortage of accessible therapeutic resources. While digital health interventions exist, many rely on static jour- naling or rudimentary rule-based chatbots that fail to capture the semantic nuance of complex human emotions. This paper presents the design, development, and evaluation of “Apricity,” a comprehensive AI-powered mental health companion application. Grounded in the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the system provides…
Keywords: Mental Health; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Natural Language Processing (NLP); DeBERTa; Trans-former Models; Full-Stack Development; Emotion Recognition