AppLifter: A Mobile-Based and Counseling Management System

A Capstone Project
presented to the Faculty of the
College of Computer Studies, University of Cebu Lapu Lapu and Mandaue

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

College of Computer Studies, University of Cebu

By

Nabaja, Jan Carlo M. Regulacion, Sheila B. Tacatani, Clara Mae T.

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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Janette Q. Tanquis
Adviser

ABSTRACT OF THE STUDY for technology to be spread widely, often with sur-
prising speed (Harnil, 2017). Perhaps there is a mo-
This study explored the review in Mental bile app that advances mental health and emotional
Health Counseling for decreasing mental health is- wellbeing, telemedicine and other technology-based
sues. Mental health problems range from the worries services facilitate the mental, emotional and spiritual
we all experience as part of everyday life to serious health service delivery. Mobile- and Internet-based
long-term conditions. Many members of the society resources provide an opportunity for the public, pa-
hardly recognize specific disorder or different types tients, healthcare providers, and others to improve
of psychological distress. They differ from mental wellness, practice prevention and reduces suffering
health experts in their beliefs about the causes of from illnesses, depression, and stress (Hilty & Steven,
mental disorders and the most effective treatments. 2017).
Attitudes which hinder recognition and appropriate Cognitive approaches offer clear links be-
help-seeking are common. tween how emotions are thought about in everyday
Applifter is a mobile-based counseling man- life and how they are investigated psychologically.
agement system that aims to motivate downcast Cognitive researchers have focused on how emo-
people. With this mobile app, everyone can find or tions are caused when events or other people affect
search their favorite professional counselor with the concerns and on how emotions influence processes
type of issues they are encountering. Besides, grant- such as reasoning, memory, and attention (Oatley
ing a professional counselor that can guarantee them & Johnson, 2014). The studies show that mental
a more secure and full assurance for their enlighten- health includes emotional, psychological, and social
ment pace, enables them to set their appointments well-being. It affects how people think, feel and act.
and all session of counseling into adequate behavior It also helps determine how a person handles stress,
with the help of calendar scheduling characteristics. relate to others, and make choices. Humans are all
Thousands of counselors, in every field and of every batteries coming in different sizes, different rates on
type there is part of the app. men and women, old charging and discharging and most of all at different
and young, with varying therapy technique needs usages ratio. Motivation is a re-charge. It gives a
can benefit from the app. people a little streak to push them through the fin-
ishing line. It provides stored power when there is
nothing else can power someone to approach.
INTRODUCTION The researchers have conducted a survey
which shows that everyone has a negative thinking
Rationale of the Study pattern, like all-or-nothing thinking, personalizing
in which they blame their selves when bad things
Mobile phones have revolutionized and the
happen, and catastrophizing in which they predict
importance of this in our everyday life and activities
the worst-case situation, all lead to feelings of anxi-
is undeniable unending. It is because the consis-
ety. One of the best ways to prevent this is to take
tency and transferable nature that makes it feasible

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counseling; it assists people to focus on how to func- counselee that they handle.
tion both personally and in their relationship at all 5. To design an efficient calendar scheduling for
ages. Due to advances in technology, the field of all appointments.
Psychology is on the fast-track to achieving what 6. To create a convenient communication for
Physics did. The main difference between the two counseling.
areas is that psychological phenomenon is incredi- 7. To provide an online payment.
bly complex and chaotic subtle changes in external
and internal environments could yield very different
Scope and Limitations of the Study
behaviors and mental processes. Also, the same re-
action could have numerous different causes. The researcher aims to develop a Mental
With this information gathered, therefore, Health Counseling System for down casted people.
the researchers’ plan to implement and provide a The system comprises the following scope:
mobile-based counseling management system that
aims to motivate for downcast people. With this mo- • Free Registration
bile app, everyone can find or search for their favorite Anyone can register freely
professional counselor with a type of issues they are
encountering. Besides, granting a professional coun- • Login Information
selor that can guarantee them a more secure and The system will require verification type of
full assurance for their enlightenment pace, enables user.
them to set their appointments and all session of • Search Counselor
counseling into adequate behavior with the help of The subscribed counselee can search specific
calendar scheduling characteristics. Thousands of mental health counselor
counselors, in every field and of every type there
is. Men and women, old and young, with varying • Message Counselor or Counselee
therapy techniques. Both counselee and counselor can communi-
Furthermore, many people who have issues cate through chat and video chat.
and depressed with their life, seeking for their break-
• Free Trial
through and wanting development to change their
Counselee can experience a one free trial
contemporary issues. People that need changes the
counseling, and the rest must be payable.
tune of the journey with the guidance of the coun-
selors. These are the primary target for the Ap- • Set Appointment
pLifter will operate. The system will have secure A counselor will set the plan for counseling
registration with all the necessary personal informa- while the counselee can only request a schedule
tion and government documents. and must approve by the counselor.
• Online Counseling
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The system allows the users for online coun-
sel, like video chatting.
General Objectives
• Set counseling goals
The main objective of the study is to de- The Counselor can settle a plan for tracking
sign a mental health counseling application using a sign of progress.
mobile-based platform. It aims to motivate for down
• Rate Counselor
casted people.
The counselee can give a rating to the coun-
selor.
Specific Objectives
• Testimonials
This study aims to design an android based The counselee can post testimony
application for counseling issues:
• Payments
1. To develop an online mental health counseling.
The counselee pays the counselor in every ses-
2. To provide a professional counselor for coun-
sion that they wanted
seling.
3. To provide efficient and convenience in finding • Scheduling
a counselor. The counselee can request schedule for coun-
4. To rate the counselor for every sessions and seling sessions to the counselors.

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Limitations of the Study The phase consists of the concepts that
would help in building the system. In this phase,
The proposed Mental Health Counseling the idea for the project is explored and elaborated.
System comprises the following limitations: The goal of this phase is to examine the feasibility
of the project.

• The system requires a reliable and active Internet

connection. Designing Phase

This phase focuses on how the system would

• Only registered users can access the application. look and how-to layout the functionalities as simple
as possible so the users can easily understand the
system. User-friendly UI is our primary goal in the
• The system will not record of counseling is made designing phase to promote easy to access content
on a transcript. and service.

• The system runs only for Android mobile.

Developing Phase
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
During this phase, everything that will be
Software Engineering Methodology needed to implement the project is arranged. Po-
tential suppliers or subcontractors are brought in, a
The technique that researchers have cho- schedule is made, materials and tools are ordered,
sen to integrate their system is the agile model. instructions are given to the personnel and so forth.
They select this methodology to have a development The development phase is complete when the im-
phase that best suits their system timeline and per- plementation is ready to start. All matters must be
formance rate. clear for the parties that will carry out the imple-
mentation.

Release Phase

This phase involves ongoing support for the

software release. In other words, the team should
keep the system running smoothly and shows users
how to use it. The production phase ends when
support has ended or when the release is planned for
retirement.

Track and Monitoring Phase

This phase is very concerned about ob-

Agile Software Development
serving and measuring actual project performance
Requirements Analysis Phase
against the plan and fixing it if it varies. Variance
from the plan is considered bad unless it is approved
This phase involves frequent communi- by Change management.
cation with the system users to determine specific Functional Decomposition Diagram
features expectations, resolution of conflict or am-
biguity in requirements as demanded by the various Functional decomposition diagram as
users or group of users, avoidance of feature creep shown below represents the breakdown of business
and documentation of all aspects of the project de- processes that the system does. It is even useful for
velopment process from start to finish. understanding the modular nature of a larger-scale
application. The processes mainly cover about activ-
ities that the end user can perform within the system.
Planning or Conceptual- Initiation Phase

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 Entity Relationship Diagram

An entity-relationship diagram (ERD)

is a data modeling technique that graphically il-
lustrates an information system’s entities and the
relationships between those entities. An ERD is a
conceptual and representational model of data used
to represent the entity framework infrastructure.

Usecase Diagram

Use case diagrams are referred as behav-

ior diagrams used to describe a set of actions that
some system can perform in collaboration with one
or more external users of the system. It shows actors
and the relationships between them. The relation-
ships between actors and business use cases state
that an actor can use a certain functionality of the
business system.

Network Model

Network design refers to the planning

of the implementation of a computer network in-
Database Design frastructure and is generally performed, before the
implementation of a network infrastructure, by net-
Database design is the process of produc- work designers, engineers, IT administrators and
ing a detailed data model of a database. This data other related staff.
model contains all the needed logical and physical de-
sign choices and physical storage parameters needed In addition to that, Network design in-
to generate a design in a data definition language, volves evaluating, understanding and scoping the
which can then be used to create a database. A fully network to be implemented. The whole network de-
attributed data model contains detailed attributes sign is usually represented as a network diagram that
for each entity. serves as the blueprint for implementing the network

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physically. Typically, network design includes, a of counselors, in every field and of every type there
logical map of the network to be designed, cabling is. Men and women, old and young, with varying
structure, IP addressing structure, network security therapy techniques.
architecture and overall network security processes.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The proponents are aiming to develop a

system a mental health counseling application us-
ing a mobile-based platform to motivate for down
casted people. The proposed system are highly rec-
ommended to everyone especially those thousands of
counselors, in every field and of every type there is.
And also to the Men and women, old and young that
need some counseling.

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