Screenshot of the platoniq.health app
What can users expect from your app?
Studies show that interventions that not only create new social contacts but also specifically strengthen relationship skills are particularly effective against loneliness. With platoniq.health, we are developing a digital application that does just that: using proven psychological techniques, the app helps to promote social skills and change obstructive thought patterns – precisely those patterns that make it difficult for those affected to allow closeness or maintain relationships.
In the long term, we want to bring platoniq.health into standard care as a preventive health service – at no cost to users.
Digital tools in mental health care—opportunity or risk?
Digital tools have enormous potential to improve healthcare. Their effectiveness has been well documented, and with the DiGA framework, they have found a firm place in standard care, as therapy support, to bridge waiting times, or as stand-alone solutions. Their preventive use is particularly interesting—as in the case of loneliness, which is associated with an increased risk of mental illness but is not classified as a mental disorder requiring treatment.