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Mental health websites

These sites offer tools and information to support your self-improvement and happiness.

• BounceBack
  BounceBack offers immediate access to online self-help videos. With a doctor's referral, self-help workbooks and telephone coaching are also available.

• Mind Your Mind
  Mind Your Mind provides information on where and how to get help, as well as ways to promote wellness.

• Reach Out
  Reach Out offers support, self-help tools and tips to manage everyday issues.

• Foundry
  This great resource offers links to workbooks, self-help resources, websites and phone apps.

• Mind
  Mind offers information about anxiety, depression and other mental health-related topics.

• Kids Help Phone
  Kids Help Phone offers 24/7 counselling online or over the phone.

• Kids' Mental Health
  Kids' Mental Health offers education and resources on mental health topics.

• Alcohol, Addiction and Gambling Problem Services
  This website offers information about drug and alcohol addiction services in Ontario.

• Alcohol Help Centre
  Visit this site for tools and information about drinking.

• Be Web Aware
  Through this site, you can learn how to engage with media as an active and informed digital citizen.

Self-help websites

While waiting for our program, please access the following websites to start your journey to recovery.

• Mood Gym
  This interactive program uses cognitive behavioural therapy and interpersonal therapy techniques to address depression and anxiety. Please note there is a cost to create an account.

• E-Couch
  This free, interactive self-help program includes modules for depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, loss and grief.

• FearFighter
  FearFighter is a computer-based program for treating panic and phobias. Please note there is a cost to create an account.

• Evolution Health Care
  This free, interactive online program is divided into sessions that you can work through at your own pace. A private community of other members supports you on your journey.

• CMHA Mental Health Meter
  Through this site, you can complete a quick quiz to see how you score on mental health.

Mental health apps

Make use of your device with these mental health apps to manage your anxiety and depression.

Mindfulness

• Headspace
  This app helps provide guided meditations to help you bring mindfulness into your daily life. While there is a cost for the full version of this app, you can access a few sessions at no cost.

• Calm
  This app provides over 100 guided meditations to help you manage anxiety, lower stress and sleep better.

• Breathe2Relax
  Through this app you can practice deep breathing, which has been shown to help with managing mood, anger and anxiety.

• Pranayamafree
  This app provides guided deep breathing exercises based on the principles of yoga, to help you find balance and stress relief.

• Stop, Breathe and Think
  This app allows you to “check in” with your emotions and recommends short, guided meditations based on how you are feeling.

• Zenview
  This app provides visuals such as rainfall along with tranquil sounds that help you relax and focus on the present moment (Apple App Store only).

Anxiety

• Mindshift™
  MindShift™ is an app to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think and focus on facing, rather than avoiding, anxiety.
• Pacifica
  This app provides strategies to address mental health based on cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness meditation, relaxation and mood/health tracking.
• Social Anxiety Management (SAM)
  The Social Anxiety Management (SAM) app provides a variety of self-help methods for people who want to learn to manage their anxiety. This app provides 25 self-help topics, including:
  • information about anxiety
  • thinking and anxiety
  • physical relaxation
  • mental relaxation
  • health and anxiety

• Virtual Hope Box
  This app contains simple tools to help you cope, relax, distract yourself and think positively. You can personalize the app content according to your specific needs.

Depression

• Pacifica
  This app provides strategies to address mental health based on cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness meditation, relaxation and mood/health tracking.

• Virtual Hope Box
  This app has simple tools to you cope, relax, distract yourself and think positively. You can personalize the app content according to your specific needs.

• BoosterBuddy
  BoosterBuddy is a free app designed to help teens and young adults improve their mental health. A sidekick guides you through a series of daily quests designed to establish and sustain positive habits. App features include:

  • daily emotions check-in
  • appointment and medication tracking
  • self-care routines
  • tasks to increase real-life socialization

Other mental health apps

• Healthy Minds
  This problem-solving app can help you deal with emotions and cope with stresses.

• Always There
  This is a free app that connects you with a Kids Help Phone counsellor five days a week so you can chat one-on-one with someone about what's going on in your life. You can talk about anything; the information is confidential and anonymous for young people living in Canada.

• Suicide Safety Plan
  This app is designed to support people dealing with suicidal thoughts and help prevent suicide by creating a safety plan.

• MY3
  This app helps you define your network and your plan to stay safe. With MY3 you can be prepared to help yourself and reach out to others when you are having thoughts of suicide.