Mellow: stress management system for university students in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Stress, if defines naively, is the body's response to pressure. Sri Lanka is a South Asian country where mental health is not given a much of a concern comparing with the Western and European countries. The Mental Health Foundation stated that some stress responses can be managed, and some can be useful but too much stress can cause negative effects and long-term stress may affect human's physical and mental health in advance [1]. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO) 5%-10% of the Sri Lanka population suffer from mental health problems which needs the attention of the professionals [2]. The present case study aims at the efficient and effective management of stress of University Undergraduates of Sri Lanka who can be a victim of stress due to several reasons. The proposed system aims to help the university undergraduates by providing them with a mobile application which collects and calculates the current stress levels and stress scores of undergraduates using different techniques and suggesting the stress relieving activities for that specific stress level via a recommendation system which contains multiple stress relieving activities which can be used to cater with different stress levels.