The Sathi Bot Group develops AI-powered, Urdu-language mental health tools that combine behavioral science and Islamic psychology to support emotional well-being, suicide prevention, and neurodivergent children in Pakistan.
In Pakistan, thousands silently suffer from emotional distress, suicidal thoughts and Suicide rate increasing in Pakistan. In addition, there are challenges of raising neurodivergent children. The scarcity of affordable mental health support, especially in Urdu, conversational and culturally relevant formats leaves a critical gap. Most existing digital tools lack interactivity, empathy, or religious for
adults and behavioral integration for children.
We are developing an AI-powered mental health chatbot in Urdu that provides accessible, culturally relevant, and faith-integrated psychological support.
It offers 24/7 assistance for individuals facing emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, and parents managing children with autism or behavioral challenges. This chatbot bridges the mental health gap in underserved communities and solution to stigmatization related to mental health services by combining AI, local language, and spiritual care; making support more inclusive, responsive, and scalable.
Vision & Impact:
To deliver immediate, accessible, and dignified mental health support to Pakistani populations: from suicide prevention to guidance of autistic children parents’ by combining technology, empathy, and faith.
• Suicide risk detection
• Personalized ABA-based behavior guidance
• Islamic psychology-informed healing tools
• Users can interact through text or voice, access emergency resources, and connect to real psychologists when needed.
Sathi-Bot is distinguished with the existing bots of Pakistan in following ways:
• It is an interactive (conversational style) mental health chatbot provides primarily suicide detection and prevention in adults all over Pakistan.
• Sathi-Bot is one of the first bot in Pakistan offering services to parents of children with special needs (especially autism).
• It also integrates Islamic Psychology integrated tools and technique.
• It uses the multi-model mode of text and voice to interact with the individuals.
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