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The First Psychology AI Skill-a-thon You Need to Know About

Why Psy-Symbiosis is building AI for the emotional weight no one else sees

Annie An Dongmei·March 2025·4 min read

Here's a stat that stopped me: 48% of IVF patients abandon treatment, and the #1 non-financial reason isn't side effects or logistics. It's psychological burden. The emotional weight. 🚨

And yet, almost no one is building for this.

That's exactly why Psy-Symbiosis stood out to me - it's the First Psychology AI Skill-a-thon, and honestly, I haven't seen anything like it.

Why This Matters

If you're anywhere near the intersection of psychology, AI, or mental health, this is the kind of event that reframes what's possible.

It's happening March 21st in Singapore at the SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and the tracks cover a seriously wide range of real-world challenges that too often get overlooked.

The Tracks - Real Problems, Real People

What struck me most is how specific and human-centered these challenges are:

  • 🔹 Women's Mental Health - IVF relational strain, breast cancer emotional care, menopause & chronic condition support
  • 🔹 Mental Health of Underserved Groups - LGBTQ+ affirmative support, voice-first 'Nostalgia Chat' for the elderly, social function activation for persons with disabilities
  • 🔹 Psychological Research - Summarising niche studies, suggesting experimental paradigms from research hypotheses
  • 🔹 Clinical Training & Therapist Utility - 'Difficult patient' simulator, auto-drafting case conceptualisations, generating client-specific metaphors
  • 🔹 Behavioral Medicine - Insomnia therapy, ACT-based pain companion
  • 🔹 Diagnosis & Psychometrics, Family/Group Counselling, or a Custom Topic of your own

These aren't abstract use cases. They're the gaps where people fall through - and where AI, done right, could actually help.

Built for Practitioners, Not Just Engineers

Here's what makes it accessible: it's powered by TRAE, an AI-native coding tool, so you don't need a CS degree to build something meaningful.

Psychology researchers, therapists, community advocates - this is genuinely designed for you too. The people closest to the problem should be the ones shaping the solution.

🏆 Prizes up to S$300 + a S$200 Infrastructure Contribution Award

The People Who Will Shape Mental Health Tech

The future of mental health technology won't be built by tech companies alone. It will be built by the people who understand the emotional weight - the clinicians, the researchers, the advocates who see what's missing.

Those people are going to be in that room on March 21st.

If this is even remotely your world, don't sit this one out. 💡

👉 Register here

Let's build AI that amplifies the care we wish existed. 🙏

#AlwaysDay1 #PsychologyAI #MentalHealth #WomensMentalHealth #AIforGood #Singapore

The views and opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any organisation I am affiliated with.