Mental health disorders have an increasing trend of prevalence in Malaysia, for example, the transition of middle-income to upper-income countries, which is associated with a shift in culture and lifestyle due to the increase in globalisation and urbanization, as well as the high poverty rate in Malaysia, are among the causes of the increase in mental health issues and suicide rate (Raaj et al., 2021). Furthermore, Malaysia also faced challenges such as a lack of professional mental health specialists, therapists, and counsellors (Chong Guan et al., 2018).

Therefore, the need for advanced mental health tools and online platforms that are secure, highly accessible, easy to use, and low or free of cost are becoming crucial to deal with this social issue in Malaysia. Other upper-income countries have flourished and developed a variety of mental health applications, with Stephen Schueller, PhD estimating that the number of mental health related self-help applications now ranges between 10,000 and 20,000 (Clay, 2021). However, mental health applications are still relatively new in Malaysia.

That’s why I decided to develop a local mental health application with customised features for Malaysians, such as a system that will provide service in four main languages: Malay, English, Chinese, and Tamil; a system that will provide trusted mental health content; a system that will allow local citizens to participate in mental health events; and a system that will help patients connect with local certified mental health associations, specialists, therapists, doctors, and counsellors.