Below you will find a one-stop-shop for websites, libraries, and mobile applications that support your self-reliant approach to improve your overall mental and physical health and that of your family and friends.
Military Crisis Line | 1-800-273-8255 |
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 1-800-273-8255 |
DoD SHARP Safe Hot Line | 1-877-995-5247 |
Family Resources
ARMY MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION
“Army MWR is a quality-of-life program that directly supports readiness by providing a variety of community, soldier, and family support programs, activities, and services. Included in MWR are social, fitness, recreational, educational, and other programs and activities that enhance community life.”
Army and Air Force MWR Digital Garrison Mobile Application
“Digital Garrison is a one-stop information source for Army communities. The app puts real-time information into Soldiers’, families’, and civilians’ hands and keeps military communities connected, a key part of readiness and resiliency. Search for Digital Garrison in app stores now.”
Military OneSource Health and Wellness
Find a variety of resources that can help you maintain good mental and physical health. Check out our fresh, practical content on healthy living and more.
Defense Health Agency Health and Wellness Podcast Series
“DHA podcasts provide information and tools to improve wellness in the military community. Made for the military, but good for everyone. Find them listed here or anywhere you get podcasts. Listen now to these engaging podcasts aimed at helping you improve your own health.”
Sesame Street Family
An excellent resource for families to assist their child deal with everyday stressors. Let Elmo and Sesame Street help you out. When a loved one needs extra support, it can mean big adjustments for everyone in the family. For military and veteran families, these transitions can mean a unique set of challenges. But no matter the caregiving situation, embracing a sense of family togetherness will help as old routines and responsibilities make way for new ones. Facing what lies ahead as a family means that everyone feels heard, understood, and valued.
Virtual Hope Box
The Virtual Hope Box (VHB) is a free mobile application for behavioral health patients to use with guidance from their providers. The purpose of the VHB is to help patients decrease their experience of distress by encouraging and facilitating healthy coping and emotion regulation skills.
Tactical Breather
“Tactical Breather can be used to gain control over physiological and Psychological responses to stress. Through repetitive practice and training, anyone can learn to gain control of your heart rate, emotions, concentration, and other physiological and Psychological responses to your body during stressful situations”.
Elevate
“Elevate is a brain training program designed to improve focus, speaking abilities, processing speed, memory, math skills, and more. Each person is provided with a personalized training program that adjusts over time to maximize results.“
Calm
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners and includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users. Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule.
Reaction Time Tests
This app contains a battery of visual and auditory reaction-time tests. The tests currently include simple reaction-time tests a range of choice-reaction tests with two, three, or four colors, a discrimination test requiring the participant to only react to stimuli of a particular color, and two variations of priming tests.
brainHQ
BrainHQ has more than two dozen brain-training exercises organized into six categories: Attention, Brain Speed, Memory, People Skills, Intelligence, and Navigation.
Breath2Relax
Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool that provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.
Head Space
Get happy—stress less. Sleep soundly. Headspace is your guide to mindfulness for your everyday life. Learn meditation and mindfulness skills from world-class experts like Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe.
PTSD Coach
PTSD Coach was designed for those who have or may have, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This app provides you with education about PTSD, information about professional care, a self-assessment for PTSD, opportunities to find support, and tools that can help you manage the stresses of daily life with PTSD.
Habit Tracker
The habit tracker app helps you to build good habits, reach your goals. It will remind you when needed, track habits with stats and notes, analyze habits with charts, therefore reach your goals at ease. It is also the first habit app that lets you and your friends build habits together by reminding and encouraging each other.
CBT-I Coach
CBT-I app will guide you through the process of learning about sleep, developing positive sleep routines, and improving your sleep environment. It provides a structured program that teaches strategies proven to improve sleep and help alleviate symptoms of insomnia.
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