Who we are



Our mission is to facilitate care pathways in mental health by providing digital solutions based on empathy and creativity.
Conceived by Stéphane Vial before the pandemic, Mentallys began as a research-innovation project within the Chaire Diament at the Université du Québec à Montréal, in collaboration with the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal.
In January 2025, after five years of research and development, the Mentallys platform was completed. It is currently being validated and implemented, in a preliminary version available by invitation only (ask to try it out).
Mentallys is a digital self-care and access-to-care solution that supports the recovery of people with mental health difficulties, and facilitates remote monitoring and communication between users and healthcare professionals.
It’s a comprehensive digital platform, comprising a mobile app for users and a web portal for professionals.
Co-constructed following an intensive and unprecedented codesign process with patient partners, peer support workers and healthcare professionals, the platform was designed with a strong emphasis on creativity and high design standards.
Mentallys was created by the Chaire Diament and entirely funded by public research grants obtained by Stéphane Vial, as well as by donations.

Our vision is to be a leader in digital mental health to help build a world where mental health is a priority.
Why are people suffering from mental illness less well cared for than cancer patients? Why don’t governments commission major architectural firms to build new, beautiful psychiatric hospitals? Why is mental health still the neglected part of the healthcare system?
For Mentallys, mental health is an absolute and fundamental right. The right to enjoy one’s cognitive and emotional functions. The right to receive appropriate help and recovery. The right to be recognized and respected as a full citizen.
We believe that our mental health deserves the very best. The very best in terms of care, investment, innovation and technology!



Beauty is Care
The name Mentallys is derived from the Latin word mentalis, “which comes from the soul, the mind”. Whether we’re talking about care, technology or architecture, we should always approach mental health with a sense of aesthetics. Because offering people beauty is already taking care of their souls, it’s already showing them consideration.
The Mentallys logo is a typographic metaphor for recovery: from left to right, the letters become thinner, evoking the idea of progression, relief and well-being. The color purple (cold) and orange (warm) intermingle in a subtle gradation, evoking the complex duality of our mental life (sleep and wakefulness, normal and pathological, reason and emotion, etc.). Our beautiful images come from Visuallys.
We’ve invested a lot in the design of Mentallys.