https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-11-21 16:47:18 UTC 2017-11-25 09:59:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208076559 2017-11-17 13:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208076559 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208077474 2017-11-17 13:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208077474 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208077657 2017-11-17 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208077657 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208079465 This website gives many links in many different topics of help. The 4 topics are: hotlines, chat rooms, online communities and apps. Under each of these topics, the website provides 3-6 links that lead you to online mental health help. The only down side to this website is that there are not very many topics. But an advantage is that there are many resources under the topics. 
 ]]> 2017-11-17 13:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208079465 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208083911 This website demonstrates the online tool of statistic information. This page gives a lot of details about what their service provides and specifically what mental health issues can be resolved and how. Using four main areas of: information, clinical assessment, publicly available treatment programs and research trials.  ]]> 2017-11-17 13:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/208083911 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209179205 This web site gives personal testimonials. It is almost like a blog where anyone can post about their personal situations relating to anything about mental health. It is anonymous. A person who wants to submit anything just needs to enter a name (can be a fake name if they really want to be anonomus. ]]> 2017-11-21 16:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209179205 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209554542 An online organization that focuses on hosting immediately available chatrooms for anyone "who is depressed, despairing, going through a hard time [or] just needs to talk." Available from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., it connects users with trained specialists. It does ask for a bit of personal information, such as your name (which you can make up) and age (so the organization can know the age range of visitors). It may also request your phone number, which won't be shared, but is needed if you lose your chat connection or your life appears to be in imminent danger.]]> 2017-11-22 21:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209554542 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209555247 This is a treatment online that does have a fee of $25 to talk to a certified therapist. You can receive treatment 24/7. You start by taking a quiz to match perfectly with a therapist that fits your needs. ]]> 2017-11-22 21:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209555247 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209558682 Tumblr was suggested as a way to cope with mental health issues by free blogging. Doing so can be done anonymously and does not cost money. And can bring people with similar thoughts and emotions together and able to talk freely about whatever they choose. ]]> 2017-11-22 21:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209558682 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674566 This is an online advice column. You can choose specifically what topic you want advice on and then there are plenty of different people giving advice. Some users advise a professional's name, or maybe another technique, or maybe give personal experience. It is passive help because there is no interaction, just one user reading what someone else posted from his or her own experience. ]]> 2017-11-23 11:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674566 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674683 This online help tool is sponsored by the Kim Foundation. The page that is linked i scull of frequently asked questions and gives very detailed responses all in one place. Not only are the answers thorough, but also there are linked words that you can click on to reveal even more about that specific topic. The questions are mostly about mental health, but there are also some on meditation which is a proven solution for some mental health issues. ]]> 2017-11-23 11:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674683 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674781 On the right side of this website there is a self test. It is only 18 questions and asks very simple questions on a scale of how many days you felt a certain way. Once you complete the quiz, it gives feedback on the most important topics. If you want to go even further, it gives more resources to use that are specific to your results under "useful links".  ]]> 2017-11-23 11:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674781 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674887 The slogan of "Woebot", the therapeutical robot is "I'm ready to listen, 24/7. No couches, no meds, no childhood stuff. Just strategies to improve your mood. And the occasional dorky joke." It is similar to texting anyone in your phone. You can track your mood, he will give you insight and advice and will teach you things. Also, and possibly the most important part is that he is available 24/7.  ]]> 2017-11-23 11:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209674887 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675017 Smiling mind (an app that I have used before!) is an online, or an app, exercise that works on mindfulness and mental health. The idea of smiling mind is that it only takes 10 minutes off the couch to improve your mental health. Also, the website says, "assists with the management of pain and stress, helps build resilience and compassion, improves focus at work and in the classroom, helps with creativity and collaboration." ]]> 2017-11-23 11:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675017 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675075  SPARX is a serious game that helps coping with mental health issues like anxiety and depression.  I got this source from www.ebgd.be and they mention the following, "The developers of the program, inducted several CBT skill methods in the computer program SPARX. The CBT focuses on the links between how people think, their ‘cognitions’, what they do, their ‘behavior’, and how they feel. CBT teaches skills about how to cope with negative thoughts and feelings by helping people to think in a more balanced and helpful way and getting them to do things they enjoy or that give them a sense of achievement." 
Unfortunately, I was not able to try the game because it is only available in New Zealand, but is looking to expand into other countries. ]]> 2017-11-23 11:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675075 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675274 This online tool is an email template. There is a quiz that you are asked to take so it is personalized to your needs. It focuses on mental health at work so it is also possible to send this template out to your coworkers if they give consent. The summary on their website says, "These email templates help you communicate to staff who interact with other employees to assign each of the video modules and set up times to discuss what they have learned. You can use the templates as is or easily modify to meet your needs."]]> 2017-11-23 11:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675274 marykroppe https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675504 This is a mental health chat room. It is not one big chatroom, but is a bunch of subcategories. Chatrooms range from alcohol and drugs, fitness, gender, men's health and many more. There are over 50 different subcategories and over 200 people per chat room last time I looked at it. If you want to speak with a specific person you just click on their name, or you can just stay in the large chat room. ]]> 2017-11-23 11:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/marykroppe/5l6tg75zms16/wish/209675504