Recovery Cat

Our team is constantly growing: Welcome Bijan Negahbani who builds up our clinics pipeline as our new CCO (in the center, left to Recovery dog Harald) and Paul Lengert (right behind Bijan) who helps us develop the product as a software engineer. We are excited to improve psychiatric health together with our therapy platform for patients and clinicians. Get in touch to find out more.

Ich bin dem Stern sehr dankbar dafür, dass er im Rahmen der Woche der Seelischen Gesundheit des Aktionsbündnis Seelische Gesundheit sein Titelthema der Frage nach der Normalität und Zweifeln daran widmet. Wenn Personen mit den unterschiedlichsten Hintergründen und Menschen wie ich selbst darüber berichten dürfen, welche Bedeutung der Erhalt einer Diagnose für das eigene Leben gespielt hat, finde ich dies ein wichtiges Zeichen gegen Stigmatisierung. Gerade in Bezug auf psychoseerfahrene Menschen gibt es weiterhin viele Vorbehalte in unserer Gesellschaft und sie werden - im Unterschied zu anderen Diagnosen wie beispielsweise Depressionen - nicht kleiner. Insofern freue ich mich sehr über solche aufklärenden Aktionen und dass ich einen Beitrag dazu leisten darf. Zum Beispiel auch am nächsten Donnerstag, 17.10. ab 16 Uhr in Berlin Mitte, gemeinsam mit dem Früherkennungszentrum der Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Recovery Cat und anschließend um 18 Uhr, um im Rahmen des Antistigma-Festivals Mäd Camp Wege in eine stigmafreie Zukunft zu entwerfen. Schreib mir gern eine Nachricht, um Dich anzumelden. #recoverycat #gladtobemad #mädcamp #wochederseelischengesundheit

We’re happy to announce that Recovery Cat has been selected as one of the top 10 healthcare startups - please vote for us (link in the comments) 😻

Meet the Speaker!   We are excited to introduce Dr. Jakob Kaminski from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG), who will be presenting on “A Case Study of Time-Series Analysis for Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring in Mental Health Care” at the upcoming AI Summit in Mental Health.   Dr. Kaminski’s talk will explore the complexities of outpatient care for people with severe and chronic mental illness, focusing on the challenges of monitoring outcomes that are relevant to the patient and engaging in self-management. He will discuss the potential of idiographic patient-reported outcomes in aiding patients to monitor symptom changes and progress during recovery.   📅 Date: 1-2 July, 2024 📍 Location: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften or Online via Zoom   Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the field! Online registration for both days is open until 27th June. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dpJEbbqx   Hosted by the environMENTAL EU Project, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG), EBRAINS, the Shanghai Brain Health Initiative (SBHI), and supported by the European Commission.   We are excited to see you there!

Thanks Karine Fouque and Sabine Flechet for having me at #ServusScaleUp #Healthtech, organized by La French Tech Munich and YZR Capital. Really good networking opportunity and inspiring roundtables. Really happy about being awarded the best German Startup in the pitch competition yesterday! 🇫🇷🇩🇪🐓🏆 Looking forward to connecting with the #healthtech & #medtech community also today at health.tech conference in #Munich! 🚀 🥨 Reach out if you’re interested in what we do at Recovery Cat and learn more about our monitoring platform for mental health. #HealthcareInnovation #Networking #ServusScaleUp #LaFrenchCare #startup

"Schizophrenia is my unwanted travel companion for life. Humour helps me tolerate the side effects of neuroleptics and ensures a better quality of life on this journey." Every person living with #schizophrenia needs personalised treatment and adapted care to improve outcomes and a better quality of life. Learn more about the Rethinking schizophrenia project and find out more 🔗 bit.ly/4921D7W #BeyondTheVoices

🚀 Yesterday we wrapped up an incredible experience at the Usability Testessen Berlin event, where I brought the Recovery Cat to test some key assumptions and tackle our biggest concerns. The journey kicked off with an engaging briefing session, introducing us to various usability testing methods (check out the first picture for a sneak peek!). This session's theme was digital health, making it even more pertinent and thrilling for me as a Digital Health student. 🌟 A massive thank you to the brilliant organizers for orchestrating such a valuable event Xenia Latii, Stephan Matzdorf, Vinicius Delgado & Ilona Kozenkovaite. Kudos to adesso SE’s Katharina Bihn, Theresa Jordan & colleagues for hosting us in their phenomenal space—it truly elevated the entire experience. It was wonderful chatting to all of you. 🙏 I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the fantastic diverse testers including my colleague Lisa Geist. Everyone’s insights were gold and have given me a fresh perspective on our product's usability. ✨ This was a remarkable learning journey, and I can't wait to participate again! #UsabilityTestessen #UsabilityTesting #DigitalHealth #UserExperience

„Ein Werkzeug (auch) zur Selbstermächtigung“ - Die Psychosoziale Umschau des Psychiatrie Verlag GmbH berichtet in diesem Quartal über Recovery Cat. Vielen Dank an Cornelia Schäfer und die gesamte Redaktion für dieses schöne Porträt und den ausführlichen Überblick über unsere Arbeit! Möchtest Du mehr über unsere Digitale Therapiebegleitung erfahren, schreib uns einfach eine Direktnachricht. Gern tauschen wir uns mit Dir aus. #psychosozialeumschau #recoverycat #recovery

As I mark my two-year anniversary at Recovery Cat, I'm radiating gratitude for the incredible journey this has been. Joining this innovative Berlin mental health startup as a Frontend Developer and Product Support Lead has been an enriching experience that has shook my career in profound ways. My deepest appreciation to the entire extended Recovery Cat team. You not only made our work environment incredibly fulfilling but also highlighted the healing power of a supportive team. Jakob Kaminski, Toni Muffel, Dennis Stratmann, Elisabeth Kress, Noël S., Bijan Negahbani, Paul Lengert, Katrin Friedmann, Petja Ivanova, Dr. Felix Machleid, Caspar Wiegmann, Carlos Augusto Sánchez Sánchez, Saif Al-Oraibi, Michael Merz I owe a special debt of gratitude to Jule Siemon for her steadfast support in pursuing the Le Wagon Bootcamp back in early 2022 - one of the best decisions for my career growth. To Alissa Maresa Rohrbach (she/her), thank you for reaching out to me on LinkedIn and sparking the initial connection that led me to this incredible opportunity working on such a meaningful product. Andreas Pittrich, your recognition of my future potential while I was still being a total coding n00b means a whole lot to me. Thank you for believing in my abilities and providing me with your guidance to flourish as a developer. A heartfelt shoutout to the Le Wagon, particularly the 813 batch managers Olivier Girardot and Sebastian Remm, for providing the foundation and guidance during my formative months in the tech industry. My 'Culture Shot' team, including Jinsheng, Bárbara Nassar, and Malvina Smaqi, as well as project angel Dareos, your collaboration and mentorship have been invaluable throughout this journey. These two years have been full of growth and connections. Excited to keep developing personally and professionally with Recovery Cat GmbH. Here's to more achievements ahead! 🚀 And a quick nod to ChatGPT for the helpful writing assistance. 🤖

"My father was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, so I knew the disease since I was a child and I was very afraid it could happen to me as well. When I was 23, I recognized some of the early warning signs myself and visited an early recognition center, but they only diagnosed a slight depression. I was diagnosed with psychosis after one year, and with schizophrenia one year later. It was dramatic: many things happened, and I completely lost control.   My first time in a clinic, I was very afraid. I had bad examples from my father in the 80s: he was treated with a lot of force and no communication at all, he was always traumatised by that. The second time, there were a lot of interns who took the time to see what was going on or just prepare a salad with you or play with a therapy dog – it was really helpful. But the third time, it wasn’t: they just put me on a lot of medication and didn’t want to hear anything from me. When the third episode happened, that was very dramatic. I got lost on a holiday in Italy, it was really dangerous. After the third episode and trying many kinds of neuroleptics, I switched to a new treatment, and I had the fourth and last crisis in 2013. In the acute phase, there were delusions, loss of clear thinking and the ability to have a normal life. I tried a few times to get rid of the medication and I noticed I had the energy to eat better, to feel more joy, to be motivated and do more things. But as I want to be stable, it’s always a balance between stability and quality of life: I feel that it’s really hard to distinguish between the side effects of medications and negative symptoms. Feeling depressed, unable to clean my apartment, do things, be motivated, do sport: these symptoms are much more important than delusions, that’s most of my life. My friends were very helpful and supportive: they managed to keep me away from the hospital. I did cognitive behavioural therapy for a few years, and have been stable for 10 years now and I’m now doing depth psychology. I’m still on a very low dose of medication and I want to get rid of the medication completely in a few years." Many thanks to the European Brain Council for the possibility to share my lived experience. You can find more stories from people living with schizophrenia here and learn more about how and why we can and need to make a difference in the way we manage schizophrenia. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VEsMd2 #BeyondTheVoices