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Addiction

  • Inspirations from Hazelden

    A collection of daily readings to inspire and encourage you on your recovery journey.

    App Store Google Play

  • NORA App

    NORA is a free app from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Use NORA to prevent, treat, and report opioid overdose.

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  • Smart Recovery Mobile App

    The tools, support, and resources you need right at your fingertips.
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  • Sober Living

    A FREE personal recovery record that can help track and share your journey of recovery. Designed for iPad.
    App Store


ADHD

  • 25 Great Mobile Apps for ADHD Minds

    See the full list on ADDitude.

  • 8 Handy Homework & Study Apps

    See the full list on ADDitude.


Alcohol

  • Alcohol and Your Brain: A Virtual Reality Experience

    From NIAAA. An interactive activity for youth ages 13 and older to learn about alcohol’s effects on five areas of the brain.
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  • Sober Living

    A FREE personal recovery record that can help track and share your journey of recovery. Designed for iPad.
    App Store

  • Try Dry

    The app for the Dry January challenge and beyond.
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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

  • Check Your Drinking. Make a Plan to Drink Less.

    A tool from the CDC to check your drinking. If you want to drink less, you can build a personalized plan that you can print or save.
    Get Started

  • Reframe

    An evidence-backed app to help people develop healthier drinking habits.
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  • Smart Recovery Mobile App

    The tools, support, and resources you need right at your fingertips.
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  • VetChange

    An app for veterans and service members who are concerned about their drinking and how it relates to posttraumatic stress, and for all people who are interested in developing healthier drinking behaviors. Learn more on the VA website.


Anger

  • ACT Coach

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. This app was developed for veterans, service members, and other people who are in ACT with a therapist.
    Learn more on the VA website.

  • AIMS for Anger Management

    An app designed to help you manage anger and irritability. Learn more on the VA website.


Anxiety Disorders

  • ACT Coach

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. This app was developed for veterans, service members, and other people who are in ACT with a therapist.
    Learn more on the VA website.

  • Clear Fear

    Face your fear with the Clear Fear app and learn to reduce the physical responses to threat as well as changing thoughts and behaviors and releasing emotions.
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  • Happify

    Brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
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  • How We Feel

    A free app to help people better understand their emotions and find strategies to help them navigate their emotions in the moment.

    App Store Google Play

  • iChill

    A free app that teaches six wellness skills from the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to help you manage sensations associated with trauma and stress, enhancing your well-being.
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  • Mindfulness Coach

    Practicing mindfulness means grounding yourself in the present moment. Mindfulness has been shown to be helpful for reducing stress and coping with unpleasant thoughts and emotions. Mindfulness Coach will help you practice mindfulness meditation.
    Learn more on the VA website.

  • MindShift CBT

    Uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
    Learn More

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
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  • UCLA Mindful App

    With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime.
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Bullying

  • ReThink - Stops Cyberbullying

    An award-winning, innovative, non-intrusive, patented technology that effectively detects and stops online hate before the damage is done.

    Get it on Google Play


Children Affected by Alcohol or Other Drug Use

  • CheckDEC Mobile App

    The CheckDEC Mobile App connects children, families and professionals to services and resources in their local community that are supportive of the family's wide-ranging needs. Provided free by the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.

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Children of Incarcerated Parents

  • Photo Patch

    Send letters, postcards, photos and drawings to an incarcerated parent.
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  • Sesame Street: Incarceration

    Provides parents and caregivers with bilingual (English & Spanish) tools to help children ages 3-8 cope with the many transitions related to a parent’s incarceration.

    App Store Google Play Amazon App Store


Depression

  • Happify

    Brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
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  • MindShift CBT

    Uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
    Learn More

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More

  • UCLA Mindful App

    With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime.
    Learn More


Disaster and Trauma

  • SAMHSA Disaster App

    This free app offers first responders immediate access for any type of traumatic event at every phase of response, including pre-deployment preparation, on-the-ground assistance and post-deployment resources.

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Divorce

  • Sesame Street: Divorce

    Provides parents and caregivers with tools to help children ages 2-8 cope with the many transitions related to divorce or separation.

    Google Play Amazon App Store


Fentanyl

  • NORA App

    NORA is a free app from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Use NORA to prevent, treat, and report opioid overdose.

    Learn More


Harm Reduction

  • NORA App

    NORA is a free app from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Use NORA to prevent, treat, and report opioid overdose.

    Learn More


Health and Wellness

  • CBT-i Coach

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for treating insomnia. CBT-i Coach is a mobile app for people who have trouble sleeping and are engaged in CBT-I with a mental health care provider. Learn more on the VA website.

  • Insight Timer

    The world's largest library of free guided meditations with 150,000 tracks from psychologists, spiritual leaders and mindfulness teachers.

    Learn More

  • Insomnia Coach

    The Insomnia Coach app was created for everyone, including vterans and service members, to help manage insomnia. The app is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Learn more on the VA website.

  • Mindfulness Coach

    Practicing mindfulness means grounding yourself in the present moment. Mindfulness has been shown to be helpful for reducing stress and coping with unpleasant thoughts and emotions. Mindfulness Coach will help you practice mindfulness meditation.
    Learn more on the VA website.

  • Pain Coach

    The Pain Coach app was created for anyone who experiences chronic pain or has any pain that disrupts their life. The app uses cutting edge, evidence-informed strategies to help people manage chronic pain. Learn more on the VA website.

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More

  • UCLA Mindful App

    With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime.
    Learn More


Mental Health

  • Calm

    A mental health app designed to help you manage stress, sleep better, and live a happier, healthier life.

    Learn More

  • Happify

    Brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
    Learn More

  • How We Feel

    A free app to help people better understand their emotions and find strategies to help them navigate their emotions in the moment.

    App Store Google Play

  • iChill

    A free app that teaches six wellness skills from the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to help you manage sensations associated with trauma and stress, enhancing your well-being.
    Learn More

  • MindShift CBT

    Uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
    Learn More

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More

  • UCLA Mindful App

    With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime.
    Learn More


Military and Veteran Issues

  • BeyondMST

    An app created for survivors of military sexual trauma (MST), with information and resources to help you cope with challenges and improve your health, relationships, and quality of life. Learn more on the VA website.

  • Breathe2Relax

    This app trains you on the “belly breathing” technique that has proven benefits for overall mental health.

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  • CBT-i Coach

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for treating insomnia. CBT-i Coach is a mobile app for people who have trouble sleeping and are engaged in CBT-I with a mental health care provider. Learn more on the VA website.

  • PTSD Coach

    An app designed for Veterans experiencing symptoms of PTSD, with convenient, easy-to-use tools to help you handle stress symptoms. Learn more on the VA website.

  • VetChange

    An app for veterans and service members who are concerned about their drinking and how it relates to posttraumatic stress, and for all people who are interested in developing healthier drinking behaviors. Learn more on the VA website.


Opiates / Opioids

  • NORA App

    NORA is a free app from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Use NORA to prevent, treat, and report opioid overdose.

    Learn More


Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • iChill

    A free app that teaches six wellness skills from the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to help you manage sensations associated with trauma and stress, enhancing your well-being.
    Learn More

  • VA Mobile Apps | National Center for PTSD

    Find a variety of apps for self-help, education, and support following trauma, as well as treatment companion apps for use with a health care provider, to make treatment easier.
    Learn more on the VA website.


Recovery

  • Smart Recovery Mobile App

    The tools, support, and resources you need right at your fingertips.
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  • The Phoenix App

    Offers a range of features designed to enhance the recovery journey for individuals looking for the healing qualities of community. Register for free Phoenix or partner-led events, join interest and location-based spaces, connect with other members, and track and celebrate your sobriety journey.

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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

  • SBIRT Depression Screening App

    A free, web-based screening app for tablet, phone, or desktop that quickly screens and assesses patients for substance use and depression, and automatically converts answers into chart-ready notes.
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Self-Injury / Self-Harm

  • Calm Harm

    Helps you manage or resist the urge to self-harm.
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  • MindShift CBT

    Uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
    Learn More

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More


Sexual Violence & Exploitation

  • BeyondMST

    An app created for survivors of military sexual trauma (MST), with information and resources to help you cope with challenges and improve your health, relationships, and quality of life. Learn more on the VA website.

  • Rainn Mobile App

    Gives survivors of sexual violence and their loved ones access to support, self-care tools, and information to help manage the short- and long-term effects of sexual violence.
    Learn More


Smoking Cessation / Quitting Smoking

  • quitSTART

    A free app that helps you quit smoking with tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges.
    Learn More

  • Stay Quit Coach

    A free, easy-to-use app designed to help you quit or reduce use of cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, cigars and chewing tobacco. The app helps users identify their personal reasons for quitting, set goals, and track their progress over time.
    Learn more on the VA website.


Stress

  • Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

    Laugh and learn as you help a Sesame Street monster friend calm down and solve everyday challenges. This bilingual (English & Spanish), research-based app helps your child learn Sesame’s “Breathe, Think, Do” strategy for problem-solving.

    Google Play App Store

  • FreeCBT

    An open source thought diary for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

    Download on Google Play

  • Happify

    Brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
    Learn More

  • Insight Timer

    The world's largest library of free guided meditations with 150,000 tracks from psychologists, spiritual leaders and mindfulness teachers.

    Learn More

  • MindShift CBT

    Uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
    Learn More

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More


Suicide Prevention

  • Safety Plan

    An app for anyone who has experienced thoughts about suicide or self-harm. The app helps you make a safety plan, share your safety plan with loved ones, and use tools to manage distress. Learn more on the VA website.

  • Spiral Up

    A free neuroscience-based app that helps you process emotions and release stress in minutes.
    Learn More

  • Suicide Safe

    A free mobile app that helps providers integrate suicide prevention strategies into their practice and address suicide risk among their patients. Learn more on the SAMHSA website.


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Vaping

  • quitSTART

    A free app that helps you quit smoking with tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges.
    Learn More


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