From Traditional to Digital: Evaluating the Role of Spirituality in Mental Health and Therapy
Aahana Bobade1, Alisha Fernandes2, Shridhar Iyer3, Pawan Kamat4
1Computer Engineering SIES Graduate School of Technology
2Computer Engineering SIES Graduate School of Technology
3Computer Engineering SIES Graduate School of Technology
4Computer Engineering SIES Graduate School of Technology
Abstract - The increasing number of mental health issues has obliged us to find new methods that are not only innovative but also so easy that they can be used by almost everybody. The given paper examines the progress and effect of the mental health and life- assisting chat-bot. The main idea of the chat-bot incorporates elements from the Bhagavad Gita, the ancient spiritual manual. Information was collected to measure the public's view of introducing spirituality into the traditional treatment, the results reveal that the majority back such a venture. A study (n=51) was conducted, and respondents were asked questions about their age, religion, opinion on spirituality and mental health, and choice for which method online therapy or traditional therapy. It was found that out of all the respondents, (80.4% aged 16-25) there was a large majority (88.2%) that mentioned the spiritual aspect of mental well- being. There were a lot (most responses were YES) of them have been into spiritual exercises when they faced the difficulties, they still believe that it still could be personalized intervention to use. Even as traditional therapy is the main option (70.6%), a significant number of respondents (29.4%) still feel comfortable with online help. Those research counterparts that focus on the role of technology in mental health improvements which tend to look to the public for a response, are the ones that discuss the chance for the Bhagavad-Gita chatbot as a supplementary tool. The proposed chatbot will make use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in understanding a user query and generating an answer through reference to Bhagavad Gita.
Key Words: Bhagavad Gita, Mental health, Chatbot, Spiritual therapy, Technology-assisted therapy
