Mental Health Highlight

When your mind isn’t at its peak, getting out of the house or even out of bed can be a struggle. National Mental Health Week starts on May 6. In honour of this important awareness campaign, we’ve rounded up six helpful digital tools and resources.

Not Myself Today gives employers the tools and resources to help improve the mental health of their employees, raise awareness and break down stigma.

Check Up From The Neck Up is working to remind us that mental health is just as important as physical health. It offers a checkup quiz to aid you in understanding your own mental health.

Big White Wall is an anonymous online community where you can access peer support via a chat service, selfguided courses, assessments and creative outlets, like an image and word-based interface.

Mind Your Mind uses its social media channels to distribute daily mental wellness tips. The site is packed with resources designed to assist young people aged 14 to 29 in taking care of their mental health.

Anxiety Canada is an online resource for those with anxiety disorders, and it also created the app Mindshift to place anxiety-coping tools at your fingertips.

Beacon is a paid app that offers digital one-on-one support with a dedicated therapist. Using cognitive behavioural therapy, the therapist treats and manages concerns such as mild to moderate depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorders.

Send your health questions to cl.readers@tva.ca.