Therapeutic services can be costly and may not be easily accessible to all individuals. Given this, online mental health resources can help make therapy more accessible to individuals in need. Below is a list of online, telephone, and app-based resources for mental health problems.
Mental Health Broadly
iCBT App: This low-cost app uses CBT strategies to provide users a platform to identify, appraise and reappraise negative thoughts.
Medisafe: An app that keeps tracks of your medications and sends reminders on when to take them.
Psychosis/Schizophrenia
Here to Help: a free toolkit to understand how to work through and manage psychosis.
OnTrack Get Real: an online treatment program for people who are having odd experiences and are worried they may be getting out of touch with reality. It is mainly for young people in the early stages of psychosis.
Depression
DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) Wellness Tracker: used to track your moods, symptoms, medications, and lifestyle everyday to give a visual representation of wellness for the month.
Centre for Interactive Mental Health Solutions: an interactive program used for depression. The program is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and is composed of 8 sessions with illustrated examples, mood monitors, and worksheets.
Virtual Hope Box: a free app to manage symptoms of depression by incorporating coping and emotion regulation skills.
Moodgym: a self-help program based in cognitive-behavioral therapy that is used to manage symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Anxiety
ThisWayUp: offers a course on social anxiety that is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy. This course consists of six lessons that provide psychoeducation on social anxiety and related symptoms; teach individuals exposure, behavioral techniques, and social skills; address and challenge unhelpful thought patterns; and provide relapse prevention.
SAM (Self-help for Anxiety Management): a free app that helps you monitor anxious thoughts, track behavior over time, and use guided self-help exercises to discourage stress.
Breathe2Relax: a mobile app that helps individuals with stress management through the use of breathing techniques. The app uses videos, text, and audio to teach breathing exercises and allows individuals to track their progress.
Anxiety Coach: compiles strategies for managing and overcoming symptoms of anxiety and offers resources on different types of anxiety disorders from a licensed psychologist.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD Coach Online: an interactive program that uses videos, worksheets, and handouts to teach coping skills for anxiety, anger, sadness, and sleep difficulties after a traumatic event.
CPT Coach: an app that uses evidence based strategies for managing symptoms of PTSD.
Alcohol or Substance Use
Alcohol use and resources that can help
Neveraloneclub.org: a narcotics anonymous online chatroom. Online meetings are held daily at 2 pm and 7 pm Central Time.
SMARTRecovery: provides both in-person and online addiction recovery meetings. Additionally, they have a discussion forum and various worksheets and videos to manage recovery.
Resources and Support Groups
If you or somebody you know has a mental illness or is experiencing emotional difficulties, below is a list of informational resources, handouts, and online support groups:
The National Institute of Mental Health has fact sheets and brochures on various mental illnesses, symptoms, and available treatments.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has information sheets on mental illnesses and treatments. NAMI also provides resources for helping yourself or a loved one with a mental illness and a directory of discussion groups.
MentalHealth.gov provides information on symptoms of mental illness, resources for individuals and community members on discussing mental illness, and various ways to get help.
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America has a support group for individuals with depression and anxiety.