MoodTools - Depression Aid
Young adult feedback
MoodTools is not a visually interesting app, but offers a good range of audio and video resources, a great safety planning tool, and helpful readings about treatment guides.
Expert feedback
Moodtools is a well-organised app providing a broad range of tools to assist users who are diagnosed with Depression. The app contains CBT exercises, lists support options and resources, has an extensive list of helpful YouTube videos, and includes a non-stigmatising Depression screening test that suggests supports based on user scores. The visual design is very basic, but this app is highly recommended!
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Pocketcoach - Anxiety Helper
Young adult feedback
Really great app. Can change courses to what you would like to work on. Really enjoy the 'instant help' component. Good breathing exercises and videos.
Expert feedback
Pocketcoach is an excellent app containing a wealth of resources to help with various mental health issues, including anxiety. Friendly design, very accessible and non-stigmatising language and lovely structure of the exercises. Lots of free content, but access to further paid content is also available at a reasonable price.
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AbleTo
Young adult feedback
Good app that allows you to choose from 3 customisations in which you can then enter answers based on your own experiences. Information in activities is very informative. App is very easy to use and ability to have 'coach' for support and to schedule calls/texts would help with achieving goals.
Expert feedback
Joyable is an excellent, well-designed app, aimed to help users with depression and anxiety. It offers structured modules with daily exercises and the option to connect with a personal counsellor via phone call or SMS. It was developed by an expert team and uses CBT practices to offer support.
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CBT Companion
Young adult feedback
This app has a good mood tracker that allows you to track multiple emotions with percentages, has good range of exercises along with lessons and videos although these are sometimes hard to follow. There were a few errors with the app including the 'tour' option not working.
Expert feedback
CBT Companion is truly an impressive, well-designed app! Not only does it incorporate a vast amount of information (via text and videos) about mental health, it also offers a variety of meditation tracks, a diary function, assessments, a community discussion board, quizzes and more. A 5-star app if not for some issues with functionality.
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Bloom: CBT Therapy & Self-Care
Young adult feedback
This app is visually appealing and offers a huge range of resources, programs, and exercises to target your mood. Users are able to customise the app based on their emotions. Would definitely recommend to other!
Expert feedback
Bloom is a well-designed, easy to use app, that provides users with CBT-based exercises to help target a diverse range of mental health presentations. A paid App, but $10/month does not seem unreasonable for the amount of content that is offered.
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Moodistory: Your Mood Tracker
Young adult feedback
The design of this app is simple and effective. Very similar to other mood tracking apps.
Expert feedback
This app offers a really well designed, easy to use, and engaging mood tracking journal. There is an option to print PDF copies of user mood logs which can be useful for sharing with face-to-face Counselling Professionals, and a choice of mood rating scales that helps provide a more accurate indication of user mood.
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365 Gratitude Journal
Young adult feedback
Excellent, easy to use, and simple functionality encouraging users to think positively and find areas where they can be grateful. Lowering cost or offering more before having to subscribe would make the app more accessible and better recommended.
Expert feedback
Gratitude 365 is a well-established app that focuses on wellbeing through, you guessed it- gratitude! It offers a variety of features including; journaling, meditation, and lessons which are updated each month. The app also offers the option of connecting with other users through gratitude posts.
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She would say I wish you weren't at this school, you have no friends, you are the worst kid in this school… Eventually, in term four, I told my teacher that she was doing it and as I was explaining it she didn't understand what I was saying.
I burst out in tears and my entire class stopped what they were doing and were looking at me. I felt so embarrassed.
After that I felt so much better. My teacher gave me a web address to use whenever I need to and that web address was Kids Helpline.
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