Cognitive Solutions in a Decentralized World
Develop a low-cost, online, decentralized mental health program offering evidence-based CBT skills and psychoeducation to address global therapy accessibility and affordability.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:42 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
The project proposes to develop a suite of evidence-based interventions for mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, and OCD, and aims to make them accessible and affordable at a global scale, thus aligning with DeSci's mission of open and inclusive scientific innovation.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
While the project does not appear to be building new technological infrastructure, it is deploying an existing evidence-based approach (CBT) in an innovative, decentralized manner and is focused on education and broad dissemination, which is in line with the criteria of deploying existing DeSci infrastructure or educating the scientific community.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The project addresses the financial and academic barriers to inclusive research by offering affordable mental health services and supports the idea of decentralized research, tackling some of the issues related to the traditional centralization of scientific knowledge.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without specific information on the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy compliance, it is not possible to determine whether the project fulfills all of the general policy requirements. As such, the score is uncertain until further information is provided or evaluated regarding general policy adherence.