App resources

Calm Harm is an app developed for teenagers to provide tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm. Track your progress and notice change.

Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and depression with Catch It. The app will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.

The Clear Fear app provides ways for children and young people to manage symptoms of anxiety. It can help change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses.

Combined Minds is a free app to help families and friends support a young person who has certain mental ill-health conditions. It helps them find ways to provide the right environment to help the young person affect their own change.

The award-winning distrACT app provides trusted information and links to support for people who self-harm and may feel suicidal. 17 years +

The Eating Disorder Support App enables people with disordered eating and eating disorders, and people close to them, to find useful information, self-care tips and links to support - all in one place. 17+ years.

An app for older teens or young adults featuring an anxiety test, relaxing music, guided meditation, TED talks, a thought diary and ideas for activities to help when you’re feeling anxious.

Feeling Good offers Positive Mental Training audio programmes which can help you feel better, lift your mood and recover from stress, anxiety and depression by building resilience and developing positive feelings. 

Whether you're feeling sad, anxious, or stressed, Happify brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts and help you lead a more fulfilling life.

An app to help learn to manage feelings and thoughts with the lifelong skill of everyday mindfulness, any time of the day.

MoodKit uses CBT principles to help with low mood and anxiety.

A free app for managing depression with a mood tracker, videos, meditations and more.

Tackle anxiety, stress and unhelpful negative thinking with this app.

notOK App® is a free digital panic button to get you immediate support via text, phone call, or GPS location when you’re struggling to reach out. Connect to trusted contacts when you need them most. Just open the app and press the large, red notOK® button.

Eating disorder management from the privacy of your mobile phone. Includes a log for how you feel, and suggestions for positive thoughts and coping strategies. Set yourself goals and choose coping skills that you think might work for you. There are guided meditations which you can pair with images of your choice.

SafeSpot is designed to help you through tough spots. It gives you your own personalised coping plan, useful strategies and tools to help and directions to local resources to help you - all at your fingertips. Includes information on a range of mental health issues on the 'safespotopedia'.

A simple app to help you manage anxiety, depression and loneliness, with breathing exercises, an anxiety tracker and distraction feature, which is helpful if you’re feeling panicky.

Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life through daily meditation and mindfulness exercises which you can practice from any device.

This app is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide. In addition to the resources, the app includes a safety plan, customisable reasons for living, and a LifeBox where you can store photos that are important to you.

The Mix is a UK based charity that provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile.

West Dunbartonshire Sports Hub app has all of the information that accredited clubs, schools, members, parents and others might need about sports in West Dunbartonshire, all in one easily accessible location.

WorryTree helps you record, manage and problem solve your worries and anxiety based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques.

HospiChill helps you prepare for hospital and clinic appointments by teaching you relaxation skills and methods to make you feel more calm and in control.

Feeling Good offers Positive Mental Training audio programmes which can help you feel better, lift your mood and recover from stress, anxiety and depression by building resilience and developing positive feelings. 

This good practice guidance hub on relationships and sexual health is for carers and staff supporting care experienced children and young people. This is intended to be utilised across the six local authorities/HSCPs in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Daylight is a free, NHS-recommended digital treatment for worry and anxiety
Daylight delivers cognitive behavioural therapy anytime, anywhere via your smartphone
You can start today! (first part of your postcode is required when you sign up)

A website designed to give every child the best start in life, to inform and empower parents who want to maximise their children's long-term development and well-being. Includes the Baby Buddy app - a free multi-award-winning, interactive pregnancy and parenting app to support parents, co-parents and caregivers. The Baby Buddy app is your personal baby expert who will guide you through your pregnancy and the first six months of your baby's life.

The mission of Action for Happiness is to help people create a happier world, with a culture that prioritises happiness and kindness.

They do this by helping people get together regularly (face-to-face where possible) to learn evidence-based skills for happier living, feel a sense of belonging and commit to personal action to create more happiness, both for themselves and others.

They have no religious, political or commercial affiliations and welcome people of all faiths (or none) and all parts of society. Members of the movement make a simple pledge: to try to create more happiness in the world.

An accessible and effective tool based on the science of music therapy with customised technologies designed for long-lasting positive impact on mind, body, and soul. Humm.ly is the first and only app to partner with the field of music therapy, emphasising the importance of providing content created by board-certified music therapists for music and meditation.

Parent Zone helps families to flourish by offering support that makes digital family life easier. Their vision is one of a positive digital future full of opportunity for young people and free from harm. They want parents to feel confident and assured with the technology their families use. 

From education programmes that reach millions of families to targeted resources for children with specific needs, the expert team responds to what families need with creativity and empathy.

A new app GGC - Meeting the needs of Autistic People is available on the Right Decision Service.

The mobile app, which is also available on the Right Decision website, provides quick and easy access to information on how to meet the needs of autistic and neuro-divergent people entering NHS services.

The guidance in the app is designed for all staff involved in the care and treatment of autistic patients. Following this guidance will help ensure that autistic individuals can access services and receive treatments that fully accommodate their needs. The app also offers suggestions for positive changes to be implemented throughout the patient's journey and provides information on how to handle autistic meltdowns or shutdowns. Additionally, it explains the fundamental needs of autistic individuals that should be considered when creating accessible clinical environments.

Although aimed at NHS staff, there is information relevant to anyone who works with neurodivergent and autistic people.

Sleepio is a free, NHS-recommended digital treatment for insomnia and poor sleep
Sleepio delivers cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in 10 minute sessions over six weeks
You can start today!

The free Railway Guardian app is a safety app from the British Transport Police that allows you to report crimes or concerns on the rail network, share your journeys with trusted contacts, and access news, guides, or support.

British Transport Police want you to feel safe and empowered when you travel, and by downloading the Railway Guardian app, help is always at hand if you need it.

Your small actions can all play a part in making everyone’s journey a good one, such as:

• downloading the app
• reporting crimes and concerns
• learning about acceptable behaviour on the network and setting an example
• being an active bystander