There are a huge number of mental health resources available online whether you’re looking for websites or apps. Many of them are free, and many of them are high quality, but sometimes the biggest challenge can be finding what’s most useful and relevant to you. Please let me know what your favourites are, and what I should add to the list.
More mental health sites are listed in the free Mental Health Internet Resource Directory on the MH@H Store.
As well, you might find the following MH@H posts helpful:
- Free mental health worksheets & workbooks
- Suicide crisis resources
Mental Health Sites
ACT Mindfully: Acceptance and commitment therapy resources from Russ Harris
Anxiety Canada: My Anxiety Plan and the MindShift™ app
Beat: A UK-based eating disorders charity
Beyond Blue: has a wide range of mental health and suicide prevention resources
CARMHA (The Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health & Addictions) has useful publications like the Antidepressant Skills Workbook and Antidepressant Skills @ Work
Centre for Clinical Interventions: mental health info and worksheets
DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance): resources for people with depression and bipolar disorder, including peer support groups
DBT Peer Connections: a free online peer-led DBT skills course
Heads Up Guys: a depression resource for men
Here to Help: Mental health info, workbooks, wellness modules, and family resource, as well as a Dealing with psychosis toolkit
Mindfulness Exercises: Free & premium mindfulness courses and worksheets
Moodjuice: self-help guides for common mental health issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, PTSD) from NHS Forth Valley
My Compass: A self-help tracker and toolkit from the Black Dog Institute
National Self-Harm Network publications: The ‘hurt yourself less’ workbook and Cutting the risk: self-harm, self-care, & risk reduction
PositivePsychology.com: info on a variety of mental illnesses and psychology topics, as well as therapy-related resources
Psychology Tools: primarily CBT-based self-help worksheets
Recover Together by Google: a substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery resource
WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan): has crisis & post-crisis plan templates
Mental Health Apps
These mental health apps are either free or have a substantial amount of free content in addition to premium content. They’re available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play unless otherwise specified.
ACT Coach (US Department of Veterans Affairs): acceptance and commitment therapy-based info & tools
Calm Harm: 5-15 minute strategies to help ride out self-harm urges
Calm in the Storm (App Store): stress management and safety plan tools
Catch It: mood tracking app from the NHS
CBT-i Coach (US Department of Veterans Affairs): CBT for insomnia tools
Done: A Simple Habit Tracker (App Store): monitor healthy habits
eMoods: a mood tracker aimed at people with bipolar disorder
FearTools: CBT tools for managing anxiety
Happify: build skills along chosen wellness tracks
Health Storylines: track moods, physical health symptoms, and meds
InnerHour: self-help for anxiety and depression
Me v. PMDD: track symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
MindShift: CBT–based thought tools, relaxation strategies, and coping activities
Mood Coach (App Store): track your mood and develop a values-based behavioural activation plan
Moodfit: mindfulness, breathing exercises, track factors like mood and sleep
Moodnotes: track your mood and the factors that influence it
nOCD: (App Store): self-help for OCD based on exposure and response prevention
Pixels (Google Play): track thoughts and emotions to see patterns
PTSD Coach (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs): tools for managing PTSD symptoms
Quirk: CBT tool to examine thoughts and identify cognitive distortions
Remente: goal setting, balancing different life areas, mood tracking
Rootd: panic attack and anxiety management
Sanvello (formerly Pacifica): mood tracking, CBT tools, and meditation
Self-help for Anxiety Management (SAM): tracking tools and coping strategies to help with anxiety
Therachat: tracking tools and journalling
TruReach: CBT audio lessons
Up!(Google Play): bipolar mood tracker
What’s up – A Mental Health App: tracking tools, coping strategies, info on mental health topics
Woebot: a chatbot that helps with mood tracking and CBT-based exercises
Youper: an “emotional health assistant” that uses AI technology
Meditation apps
Suicide Prevention Apps
There’s a list of crisis chat services/hotlines here. There’s also a fillable safety plan available free on the MH@H Store.
Be Safe: has a safety planning tool, geared primarily toward young adults, and offers direction to resources in certain parts of Canada
The LifeLine: strategies and tools to cope with and interrupt suicidal thoughts, along with one-touch dialling to suicide crisis lines in Canada
My3: helps you prepare a crisis plan and identify the top 3 people you would turn to for support in a crisis
Suicide Safety Plan: guides you through safety planning
Stay Alive: tools to use if you or someone you know are feeling suicidal
Suicide? Help!: has info, resources, and a safety planning tool