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i_am__not_a_robot t1_jcxryyx wrote

Alex, did you train in clinical psychology, psychotherapy or psychiatry? If not, does anyone on your team (if you have one) have a qualification in these areas? If not, why not?

Also, why does your "about" page not exist?

Who are you and what is your professional background?

Who else is involved in this project?

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i_am__not_a_robot t1_jcxt646 wrote

For your own protection, since you seem to be based in the EU, I would also like to point out that offering this type of service to nationals of certain EU countries (where the practice of psychology is regulated) is prohibited and could expose you to legal liability.

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SmackMyPitchHup OP t1_jcxvgul wrote

Hello, thank you for the thoughtful feedback. At the moment I am still putting the finishing touches on the product. I am a coding student in a similar school to 42 School and have a small team helping me with development, including a professional psychologist. I haven't added the about page since I'm still working out all of the details, but please stay tuned as there is much more in the pipeline! Your questions are valid and I take my work very seriously.

Thank you very much again!

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i_am__not_a_robot t1_jcxvssw wrote

Be sure to consult your psychologist (and possibly also a lawyer) about the legal and ethical aspects of your service.

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londons_explorer t1_jcy050l wrote

This is the kind of service you need to either run 'underground' - ie anonymously, or you need to go get all the right legal permissions and certificates in place.

Otherwise you'll end up with massive fines and/or in prison when one of your customers sends a long chat about depression and then commits suicide. At that point, authorities won't overlook the fact you aren't properly licensed.

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londons_explorer t1_jcy0jf1 wrote

Cool tech demos can't exist in any remotely medical field for this reason.

I think that's part of the reason that medical science progresses so slowly compared to other fields.

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currentscurrents t1_jczjxbb wrote

Data is really hard to get because of privacy regulations too.

There are millions of brain MRI scans sitting in hospital databases but nobody can use them without individually asking each patient. Most published datasets are only a couple dozen scans, and plenty are N=1.

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