Knowledgebase Content Researcher

Thank you for volunteering for a Mission Save a Life research project aimed at promoting mental health and wellbeing. The goal of our research is to build a knowledgebase for our community applications and chatbot.

How to Proceed: Pick a focus area, research the content available, collect the required information (see questions below) and fill in the survey for each content item.

Suggestion: Pick a focus area you would like to research, perhaps to work on yourself or as a way to support a family member, friend, or peer. 

Example: I would like to find 5 books or articles (content type) available for stress management (focus area) for athletes (audience). Fill in the blanks with an audience, focus area, content types or a combination. See Research focus areas and content types below.

Thank you! 

Description of Research Areas

  1. Overcoming Mental Health Challenges

    1. Depression - Persistent and pervasive sadness/low mood, excessive fatigue and loss of interest/pleasure

    2. Anxiety - Excessive fear, anxiety-related behavioral disturbances (including phobias and panic attacks

    3. Eating - Disturbance of eating and related behaviors including excessive restriction, compulsive exercise, and/or bingeing and purging.

    4. Sleep - Such as insufficient sleep, difficulty falling or staying asleep, or misalignment of sleep-wake patterns

    5. Alcohol Abuse - Includes drinking despite impaired function, harm and alcohol dependence.

    6. Drug Abuse - Includes used of substances despite impaired function, harm and dependence.

  2. Mindful Training Areas

    1. Dealing with Stress

    2. Dealing with Grief

    3. Building daily practices / habits (prayer, journal, breathwork, meditation, gratitude, forgiveness, etc)

    4. Cultivating healthy relationships

    5. Personal development (becoming self-aware & resilient)

    6. Navigating life transitions (HS to college, Injury, college to work, marriage)

Content Types

For each of the 12 focus areas above we are looking for content items of every type below.

  1. Prayers

  2. Mediations

  3. Articles  

  4. Videos / Podcasts

  5. Activities / Exercises

  6. Books

  7. Tools / Apps

  8. Resources (programs and support)

  9. Events (Online Classes / Workshop / Support groups)

Survey Questions

  1. Describe Your Research Focus Area: Describe the focus area, services and / or audience you researched

  2. Focus Area (Multiple Selection)

  3. Target Audience (Multiple Selection)

  4. Content Type (Multiple Selection)

  5. Name: The official name.

  6. URL: The web address (if applicable)

  7. Short Description: A brief overview of its purpose and primary features.

  8. Long Description: If Article, Prayer, Meditation or text-based item.

  9. Your Rating: On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely might you to use this resource in the future?

  10. Your Thoughts: Please share as appropriate any of your thoughts on this application / website.

  11. Developer/Publisher: Organization or individual behind the app/website.

  12. Last Updated: Date of the last update.

Using ChatGPT

ChatGPT can be a tool in your research.  Here are examples of two prompts.

  • I would like to understand the common mental health challenges and resources to support (fill in your research area - audience, focus, and or services).

  • For this item {list the item}, please help me start by answering these questions {copy and paste the survey questions from above}