The PASS kit, is a self care tool for communities and individuals to manage daily stressors and stimulate the mental health discussion.
Human support is invaluable, and technological innovations are promising, but we take a back-to-basics approach with evidence-based tangible tools which can support someone 24/7, glitch free.
The first aid kit is always there to emphasize the urgency to treat trauma. PASS wants to do the same for mental health. We aim to bring awareness to mental health symptoms and urgency to its management with our products.
Mental health stigma often means mental health discrimination. We aim to educate and inform to dispel myths about people living with mental health problems, to allow for better recovery and quality of life.
Mental health is an all-encompassing and systems-wide concern which takes time to improve across the board, but the higher need for change does not negate the options for help on the individual level.
The onus, however, is not on the individual to instinctively know where to turn when experiencing stress.
During times of stress, navigating the solutions and resources of a new system can be stressful as well. Common advice for stress management, such as to “relax,” or “talk to someone,” can be unhelpful without specific actions like how to use breathing techniques or initiate conversations. PASS Inc. helps automate that thinking process by suggesting straightforward actions to reduce stress during times of need.
Scientific knowledge should be presented with empathy at the product design level to invite use, and those with low mental health literacy still experience stress and should be purposefully engaged. Although efforts to ensure accessible human support should be prioritized, there are a multitude of valid reasons why persons experiencing stress will not seek it. PASS Inc. acknowledges that, and works to provide tools inclusive to those in the gap: the time between the onset of stress symptoms and receiving face-to-face support.
Our products are not designed for treatment, but for supporting and informing individuals to choose the changes that work for them. Non-severe stress-management advice should not be restrictive, as each individual has unique responses and preferences for different approaches. PASS Inc. believes it is important to reflect and adjust, with product design and in personal stress management.
