WeCareOn
1 out of 3 people lives with anxiety and around 1 ou of 5 will suffer from depression. Around 50%, worldwide, of this people don´t seek for help, the World Health Organization has declared the gap between those in need of mental health treatment and our capacity to meet this need a significant, global problem.
WeCareOn is a marketplace for online psychology, we connect pacients with psychologists and the appointments are online through videocall, voice or chat.
We empower our customers, they can choose the professional, the channel, the best availability and the price.
Mental health matters, but the world has a long way to go to achieve it. Health systems have not yet adequately responded to the burden of mental disorders; as a consequence, the gap between the need for treatment and its provision is large allover the world. Virtual options for mental health and wellness can be beneficial for reaching a larger spectrum of individuals in need. Studies have shown that, in some cases, virtual therapy can bemore efficient than traditional therapy. Higher outcome rates are likely propelled by the convenience and accessibility of the online platform.
1 out of 3 people lives with anxiety and around 1 ou of 5 will suffer from depression. Around 50%, worldwide, of this people don´t seek for help, the World Health Organization has declared the gap between those in need of mental health treatment and our capacity to meet this need a significant, global problem.
People that need therapy, but for some reason they went to the psychologist. Usually from big cities, average age is 30.
WeCareOn is a marketplace for online psychology, we connect pacients with psychologists and the appointments are online through videocall, voice or chat.
In our platform, the customers can choose the professional, the channel, the price and the day and hour. Each professional have their own page and the customers can see their curriculum, photo, bio, articles and the presentation video. We make appointments in 4 channels: videocall, voice, chat and email. The videocall is the most common channel (>80%) and with most similarities with face-to-face appointments. Although is online, some people feel shame to show their face, so they opt to only talk. Some young adults express better writing than talking so they prefer to chat and some people don't have time to book an hour, so they prefer to talk when they want. The studies show that online therapy can be more efficient when compare to face-to-face, due to the fact that the patients are in a comfortable, safe and know space and they are more likely to expose their feelings and by that the appointments tend to be more efficient.
- Enable equitable access to affordable and effective health services
- Prototype
- New business model or process
We use machine learning system to match the customers with the best therapist.
We empower the customers, they can choose the professional, the channel, the best availability and the price.
We have a Social Impact model to support the people that need therapy but can´t afford it.
We use machine learning system to match the customers with the best therapist.
In our platform the customers can choose, book, pay and start an appointment with a psychologist in a few seconds.
We aim to potentiate the professional/customer interaction with tech, Transformative Tech. Not substituting the psychologist but instead make this interaction more efficient. Like AI (read facial expressions) during the appointment or predict a possible anxiety or depression through writing.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
Our mission is to democratize the access to mental health services. Is know that psychology improve well-being and happiness and decreases the occurrence of diseases like depression or anxiety, that are highly correlated with other diseases. We also know that online therapy can be more brief and effective in a medium term than face to face therapy, and our results prove this with a lower drop-out and less appointments per patient. For 70% of our customers is the first they did a psychological appointment.
- Women & Girls
- Pregnant Women
- LGBTQ+
- Elderly
- Rural Residents
- Peri-Urban Residents
- Urban Residents
- Very Poor/Poor
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- Minorities/Previously Excluded Populations
- Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons
- Persons with Disabilities
- Brazil
- Portugal
- Brazil
- Portugal
Until now we have done more than 4300 appointments with more than 550 customers. Right now we are making around 200 appointments/month
In 1 year we aim to reach 850 appointments/month
In 5 years we will reach 5000 appointments/month
Improve our process and our platform and improve our matchmaking system. And go to the brazilian market, one of the biggest markets for mental health.
Lack of investment
Raise funds