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About us
Why Shotta exists, who runs it, and how it works.
Shotta is an integrated mental health platform for Bangladesh. Here the public finds reliable information and care, students learn, and psychologists and psychiatrists find a professional identity and a place to work.
“Shotta” means a person’s selfhood, the “I” within. Knowing yourself and caring for yourself are at the heart of what we do.
Our mission
To bring mental health care to everyone in plain language, at an affordable cost and with dignity, and to build a trusted professional community for psychology practitioners and students.
How professionals are verified
- The professional applies with degree, training and ID documents and a reference.
- Shotta’s team checks the documents and speaks to the reference.
- The advisory panel approves their professional qualifications.
- The profile goes live with a verified badge.
Our ethical principles
- Confidentiality: what is said in sessions, and session notes, stay with the professional concerned.
- Consent: no test results are stored without the user’s clear consent.
- Genuine reviews: only clients who completed a session can leave a review; reviews are anonymous and professionals cannot delete them.
- Working within limits: every professional works within their training and refers when needed.
- Emergencies: when risk signs appear, the user is immediately given information about urgent help.
Advisory panel
We are forming an advisory panel of experienced psychologists and psychiatrists from across the country. Panel members will review Shotta’s articles, tests and professional verification.
Contact
Founder and director: Shotta Team
Phone: 01788-116045
Address: House-83, Indira Road, Dhaka, 1215