Dr Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch, founder of Wall of Sharing. Photo: Chanat Katanyu
The memory of the lack of available mental healthcare services that Dr Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch received as a teen and dental student inspired her to launch Ooca, an app that helps people with mental illness.
Dr Kanpassorn recalled her struggles with depression as a teen and the chronic insomnia she suffered as a student at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University. She sought help by calling the Mental Health Department 1323 hotline, but was disappointed by the negative responses. She realised Thai people were not open to the concept of mental illness.
Ooca was launched in 2017 to provide psychiatric help to people via video…
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