After discovering the critical relationship between sleep patterns and mental illness, Beautiful Mind founders Ravi and Vivek Lam created an app to empower patients and service providers at their most immediate, convenient point of contact: the mobile phone.

Yell is specially designed for suicide prevention and other high-risk health crises (including Alzheimer’s and Obstructive Sleep Apnea) using sleep pattern recognition. Yell collects patients’ vital data from a smartphone or Apple watch while they’re sleeping, detects fluctuations in sleep, and alerts patients’ family members or medical professionals in case of emergency. In this way, patients’ conditions can be monitored in the comfort of home without any intrusive equipment and be present throughout the night, a vulnerable time for individuals struggling with mental illness.