Mental Health Apps
MoodTools - Depression Aid (App)
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If you are feeling sad, anxious, or depressed, lift your mood with MoodTools! MoodTools is designed to help you combat depression and alleviate your negative moods, aiding you on your road to recovery.
MoodTools contains several different research-supported tools. |
Be Safe (App)
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Be Safe is a mobile app that aims to help young adults make a decision about seeking help in a crisis.
Allows users to create a digital safety plan Informs users about mental health and addiction resources in their local community Directs users to the best options for their needs through a decision-making aid Creates a personal 'get help script' that helps users find the words to reach out Empowers the user to reach out safely Eligibility : Any young person who has been in or may experience a mental health/emotional crisis |
FitOn Health App
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FitOn is free app for Android and Apple users that provides hundreds of free workouts that can be done anywhere with no equipment. In addition to a variety of fitness videos, they also offer meditation videos, articles on healthy living, and energizing recipes. They offer workouts that are good for all fitness levels and abilities from yoga to strength training. |
Healthy Minds App
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Backed by four decades of research from world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson and his team at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin - Madison & Healthy Minds Innovations, the Healthy Minds Program trains your mind through meditation and podcast-style lessons to develop skills - to gain focus, reduce stress, and maintain positive social connections.
Through hundreds of hours of guided meditations developed directly from the scientific understanding of the mind, podcast-style teachings, and progress tracking features, you can change your mind to manage stress, from family to the workplace and beyond. Note that there are two different free Health Minds apps - the image on the app download matches the image at left. |
Mood Meter App
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A gift of self awareness for yourself, and for others. Based on decades of research from Yale. Tell your Mood Meter mobile app how you feel and build emotional intelligence that lasts a lifetime.
Through this app, gain insights about your inner life and learn to regulate your emotions. Over time, you’ll develop emotional intelligence skills that can help you in all areas of life. Cost is 99 cents to download the app. |
Breathr App
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Breathr is a new app to help introduce the concept of mindfulness for those who are new to this practice.
The app provides opportunities for users to try out a variety of mindfulness practices, while also teaching them interesting facts about the brain science behind those practices. For example, did you know that regularly practicing mindfulness has been shown to change parts of the brain that affect memory, empathy and stress? This app was developed for youth but is useful for anyone new to mindfulness. |
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Mindshift app
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Struggling with anxiety? Tired of missing out? There are things you can do to stop anxiety and fear from controlling your life. MindShift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it.
MindShift will help you learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help you take charge of your anxiety. This app includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety, as well as specific tools to tackle:
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