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Apps to improve your mental health<\/h1><\/div><\/div>
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Note: we are not responsible for the content or effectiveness of these third party apps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Focus, Motivation, and Habit Building<\/h1>\n\n

Flora – Green Focus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay off your phone, clear to-do lists, and build positive, life-changing habits.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitaca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A habit-building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. With in-game rewards to motivate you and a strong social network to inspire you.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habit Bull<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smash through your goals! Easily break bad habits like smoking, drinking or nail biting, or build positive habits like fitness, meditation or reading.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How We Feel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How We Feel is a free journal for your well-being created by scientists, designers, engineers, and psychologists. Learn to label your emotions, spot trends and patterns, and practice simple strategies to regulate your emotions in healthy ways.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyStudyLife<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut the mental clutter
Experience the freedom of a clear and stress-free student life by easily tracking your schedule, homework, and exams.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structured Day Planner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A visual day planner app designed to help you take control of your life with just a few taps. It can be integrated with existing calendar and to-do lists.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n

Mindfulness and Meditation<\/h1>\n\n

Happier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video courses and meditations on topics such as relationships, emotions, performance, focus, and stress. Plus a sleep section and access to meditation teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: 7 day free trial then $99\/year.
Gift subscriptions may be available<\/em>. If interested, ask your counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headspace<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find hundreds of sessions on personal growth, physical health, stress management, and anxiety relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free 10-day trial. Then $9.99\/year student rate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healthy Minds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assess, measure and improve your wellbeing with active and still meditations lasting 5-30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insight Timer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Includes guided meditations, sleep tracks, music, talks, and discussion groups. Offers ability to track your progress.

Cost: Basic Plan is Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smiling Mind<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smiling Mind is a non-profit working to bring balance to people\u2019s lives through this free mindfulness meditation.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UCLA Mindfulness<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.

The app includes meditations in multiple languages.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n

Substance Use<\/h1>\n\n

Grounded: I Quit Weed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re here to quit cold turkey or to take a tolerance break (T-break), we have all the quit cannabis tools you need in your weed smoking cessation journey.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am Sober<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This app helps you to build new habits, analyze your triggers, count your sober days, and see how much time and money you\u2019ve saved by being sober. It also connects you to a network of people all striving for the same goal.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mindshift Recovery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mindshift Recovery app puts the latest research-backed recovery tools right in your hand. You’ll learn to pay close, curious attention to the sensations you have when craving substances, which increases your ability to resist indulging them. No willpower required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free (subscription available too)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saying When<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take charge of how much or when you drink with step-by-step directions and tools to monitor and analyze your drinking patterns. It\u2019s a self-help approach that can positively influence your health, academics, and relationships.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sober Grid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sober Grid is full of evidence-based tools to help anyone find and maintain their path to sobriety while avoiding traditional barriers to accessing support. It helps individuals achieve long term recovery with peer support coaching, an online community, digital therapeutics, and a digital library of mental health resources.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Quitting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anonymous, private, 24\/7 Text Messaging support. Text DITCHVAPE to 88709 for great quitting advice, tips, and encouragement from other young people who know what you\u2019re going through.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n

Suicide and Harm Prevention<\/h1>\n\n

Suicide Safety Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suicidal thoughts can seem like they will last forever \u2013 but these thoughts and feelings pass with time.         
This safety plan helps you to start at the beginning and continue through the steps until you feel safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My (Safety) Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An anonymous, interactive safety decision aid for people who may be experiencing abuse in their relationship. Available in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calm Harm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helps you manage or resist the urge to self-harm. You will be able to track your progress and notice changes.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n

Wellbeing<\/h1>\n\n

Belle – Your PMDD Tracker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belle’s App<\/strong> is your health ally in managing PMDD. Understand PMDD, monitor your symptoms, and receive tailored guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBT-I (for Insomnia)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This app (designed by Veterans Affaires and available to all) features:
\u2022 Education about CBT-i and how sleep works
\u2022 Tips to help develop positive sleep routines and improve sleep environments
\u2022 Sleep diary to track wake and sleep times
\u2022 Tools to help relax while getting ready for sleep or when trying to go back to sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Fear<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face your fear with this app! Learn how to reduce physical responses to threat, change thoughts and behaviours, and release unwanted emotions.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined Minds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help your family and friends who are struggling with mental illness using this strengths based approach.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daylio Self Care App<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A self care bullet journal with goals, mood diary, and happiness tracker. Keep a diary and capture your day without writing down a single word!

Cost: $39.99\/year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PTSD Coach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A self care bullet journal with goals, mood diary, and happiness tracker. Keep a diary and capture your day without writing down a single word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost: $39.99\/year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-Help App for the Mind (SAM)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAM helps you to monitor and manage your mental health, with self-help techniques for anxiety, depression, loneliness and coping.

Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TELUS Mental Health Support App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24\/7 chat, phone and video support. Self Assessments, Virtual Fitness Classes, and Teletherapy.

Download the app
or call 844-584-1027

Cost: Free to URI students<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s Up?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Up? can help you cope with anxiety, stress and feelings of depression. This app has interactive games, forums, thought tracking diary and helpful techniques to mange your feelings. Utilizes psychoeducation, CBT skills, grounding games, breathing techniques and has a diary section.               

Cost: Free

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