> AN APP A DAY

Screens are our affliction — addiction? — and our cure. The following health and mental health apps and websites are some of many that purport to be able to help. They say they’ll calm your mind, body and soul without you having to walk out the door.

Lantern A mental-health app based on cognitive behavioural therapy, like TranQool. Users complete daily exercises meant to help them detect negative thoughts and redirect them. Therapists provide feedback, coaching them through it.

Breakthrough.com Works like TranQool, but instead of suggesting therapists based on a user’s self-assessed moods, it has them pick one online chat with the counsellor. If it’s the right fit, they can move on to a video session.

Mindfulness A mobile app that guides users through meditation techniques (from three to 30 minutes long), with the goal of lowering stress and “become more present in your daily life,” according to its iTunes store description. It costs $1.99.

Serenata Claims to assess users’ stress levels by “analyzing blood flow and variances in heart and breathing rates,” its app description says. To do that, users place their index finger over their phone’s camera lens and the app conjures a “personalized breathing routine.”

DoctorOnDemand An app that allows users to video chat with not a therapist, but a pathologist, at anytime of the day. The doctor gives consultation at $40 a pop and even prescriptions. It’s also added the option to chat with a psychologist.

TalkSpace A four-step format that is similar to TranQool. It matches you with a therapist by making an assessment through an online chat, which is the website’s main way of having users communicate with their therapist.