How to find a good app for mental health

theconversation.com Search for “stress”, “depression”, “anxiety”, or “mental health” in the app store on your mobile device and you are confronted with a bewildering array of options. Some apps claim to track your mood over time, while others claim to “cure” your mental ill health with hypnosis. Apps hold amazing potential as mental health and READ MORE

RBC Insurance launches exclusive industry leading mental health program

newswire.ca RBC Insurance and Best Doctors Canada transforming how group benefit clients suffering from mental illnesses are treated to recover more quickly TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2016 /CNW/ – More Canadians are putting their lives on hold every day as they struggle to deal with mental illnesses that leave them unable to work. That inability to work READ MORE

Why Starbucks Canada’s investment in mental health therapy matters

theglobeandmail.com For many Canadians struggling with mental-health issues, therapy isn’t an option. Private help is expensive and the psychologists and social workers in the public systems are difficult to access. Doctors report having too few options for patients who need therapy but don’t have the money or employee insurance to pay for it. And even READ MORE

Mental-health apps work

http://www.castanet.net/ Therapy apps have been coming ever since the invention of the smart phone. Really, since the Internet age began, so it’s been simply a matter of time before we figured out how to do mental-health care online. Today, there are a growing number of apps and websites offering various forms of therapy for mental-health issues. READ MORE

Why is finding a therapist so hard? Meet the mental health matchmaker

http://www.theguardian.com/ “You should try therapy!” is a suggestion that I realized, after maybe too long, most people don’t take as a compliment. I think therapy is great: what thoughtful, smart person wouldn’t benefit from taking some time for careful examination of their feelings and how they interact with the world? No thoughtful, smart person, in READ MORE