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Mental Health App That Cost Australian Taxpayers $33m Did Not Result in ‘Clinical Outcomes’

Mad in America

Despite receiving $33m from the government via a non-competitive grant, transparency and mental health advocates expressed concern about the closed grant process and argued an open and competitive tender for the $33m investment would have ensured value for money.

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The Future of Mental Wellness: Technology and Self-Reflection

Child Mind Intitute

Unlike generic journaling apps, Mirror is built on robust clinical research and tailored to the unique needs of young people. Explore the library of exercises to support your mental health journey.

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A user’s guide to therapy on your smartphone

National Association for the Advancement of Psycho

A massive app smorgasbord is at our fingertips. million apps; Android users had even more options: 2.8 million apps, according to eMarketer. Among them are mental-health apps for everything from tracking symptoms and triggers of anxiety to accessing trained counselors for help with depression or other mood disorders.

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Top 10 Benefits of Counseling for Students in 2025

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Virtual therapy sessions allow students to seek professional help from the comfort of their homes, making mental health services more accessible, especially for those with tight schedules, mobility challenges, or social anxiety.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

D uring my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1998, I was strapped down, placed in 4-point restraints, and administered a painful catheter—apparently because I had peed on the floor during the course of my psychotic episode. A nurse was assigned to watch over me. I was terribly uncomfortable, and over and over I begged her to release me.