How do you choose an app for mental health and wellbeing?

How do you choose an app for mental health and wellbeing? At some times in our lives, we might want to get support with our mental health and wellbeing. Perhaps we are struggling with a particular issue, or maybe we want to be proactive and take steps to make sure we are adopting healthy practices to keep us on top of things. These days, we have our smartphones with us almost all the time, and this is a natural place for many people to turn to for support or inspiration. But how do you go about choosing a mental health or wellbeing app? And how do you know if it is a good one or not?

There are 16 recommendations to check whether the app you're looking at is up to scratch or not, according to the research we talk about here.

Check out this conversation with David Bakker. David recently completed a Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Monash University. He is passionate about using technology to improve access to evidence-based prevention and treatment of mental health issues.

He has developed an app for dealing with low moods and anxiety, MoodMission, and is a member of the team that developed MoodPrism, a mood-tracking and mental health data collection app.

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