Understanding Mental Health
These resources aim to help you learn more about common mental health problems.
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We review apps against rating criteria developed by experts in the field. Some of those criteria are:
We look at the research supporting the technology and the credibility of the development process.
We review privacy policies to see if key pieces of information about what happens with entered data are addressed.
We explore how fun, functional, easy-to-use, engaging, and interesting the technology is.
A professional in a relevant field downloads and uses the technology and writes a narrative review, highlighting pros & cons and some recommendations for use.
These resources aim to help you learn more about common mental health problems.
Read this GuideLearn more about treatments, supports, and resources to help you manage your mental health.
Read this GuideThere are many supports out there for mental health, and just some of them involve technology. Learn more about what mental health technologies are, and how they may be able to help.
Read this GuideThese are some of the partners helping us achieve our mission to help people use technology to live mentally healthier lives.
PartnersReading Time: 4 minutes Calm is an app that focuses on “improving sleep quality, reducing stress or anxiety, improving focus, and self-improvement”. Calm’s main…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Headspace is a mindfulness meditation app with a mission statement to “make the world a happier place.” Headspace accomplishes this…
Reading Time: 3 minutes “While broadly speaking, mental illness does not discriminate across gender, the tendency to seek help for mental illness does.” For…