Mental Health Resources for Patients
General Mental Health & Wellbeing Resources
Institute on Aging's Friendship Line: With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Exposures Fact Sheets: MotherToBaby offers fact sheets that answer frequently asked questions about many common exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding, including medications, recreational substances, cosmetic treatments, health conditions, infections, vaccines, and more. Available in English and Spanish.
UCLA Mindful App: With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.
Depression Resources
Anxiety Disorder Resources
Insomnia Resources
Free VA CBT-i Coach Application: CBT-i Coach is for people who are engaged in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia with a health provider.
Insomnia Coach: The Insomnia Coach app was created for everyone, including Veterans and Service members, to help manage insomnia. The app is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
What is CBT? (video)
Making Sense of CBT (video)
Dr. David Burns Explains CBT (video)
PTSD
PTSD Coach (English): The PTSD Coach app was designed for Veterans experiencing symptoms of PTSD. You do not have to be in treatment for PTSD to use this app, but it is not a replacement for therapy.
Suicidal/Self-Harm Thoughts
National Suicide Prevention Organization and Hotline
Safety Plan: The Safety Plan app is for anyone who has experienced suicidal thoughts. The app helps you identify personal coping strategies and sources of support – giving suicidal thoughts time to decrease and become more manageable. It is important to create your Safety Plan when you’re not in distress, so you can think clearly and have time to complete the steps.
Intimate Partner Violence
LEAP (Look to End Abuse Permanently): is an organization of healthcare providers and volunteers dedicated to ending intimate partner violence and family violence by establishing screening, treatment, and prevention programs in the health care setting.