Empirically founded.
ephoria was created in cooperation with the leading Swiss Institute for Applied Psychology.
Research and Development
ephoria is being developed in close cooperation with the
ZHAW School of Applied Psychology and the departement for Media Psychology.
The ZHAW Institute for Applied Psychology is the leading continuing education and counselling services institute for applied psychology in Switzerland. Since 1923, it has been developing concrete solutions for practical challenges on the basis of scientifically sound psychology.
More than 800 million people suffer from treatable mental health conditions.
The traditional care system is over capacity and many patients do not receive help on time.
This tragic health crisis results in unnecessary severities and deaths, incapacities to work and ultimately in an yearly economic damage of more than 1 trillion USD.1
ephoria offers low-threshold and cost-effective access to evidence-based mental health and is also suitable as an accompanying tool for therapies.
AI Powered Intervention
Latest clinical research proves digital intervention to be effective on widespread mental health conditions.3
ephoria extends methods from Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Artificial Intelligence, which can significantly improve the quality of life of its users within a very short time.
We have also launched an open source project to establish safe, ethical standards and tests for the use of neural networks in the field of mental health.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
A meta-study from 2022 showed that this form of therapy achieves
positive results in 86.3% of cases.2
In order to make changes effective, it's crucial to to plan sensible intervention strategies and regularly remind the user, as the planned strategies are often lost sight of in everyday life.
With targeted reminders and exercises, users are supported in maintaining and internalizing developed strategies.
Sources:
- [1] World Health Organization (2022). World Mental Health Report: WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care
- [2] Marie-Carmen Neipp & Mark Beyebach (2022) The Global Outcomes of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: A Revision, The American Journal of Family Therapy, DOI:10.1080/01926187.2022.2069175
- [3] Harith, S., Backhaus, I., Mohbin, N., Ngo, H. T., & Khoo, S. (2022). Effectiveness of digital mental health interventions for university students: an umbrella review. PeerJ, 10, e13111. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13111