If you possess
Android smart phone, the handy tool to assist you coping with depression can be
always with you. Depression app will help you to learn skills to reduce your
depression and diminish devastating effects of its symptoms.
All material, presented for the app development was written by a licensed
psychotherapist (LCSW) with twenty-five years of counseling experience.
At the first step, the app will help to assess your emotional condition. You
first rate the intensity of your depressive symptoms on a color coded scale
from 1 (slightly upset) to 10 (extremely depressed). If you rate your
depression at level 8 or below, the app will proceed to the Change Thoughts
Menu. From the Change Thoughts Menu, select one or more of the strategies for
changing your thoughts. Changing your feelings by changing your thoughts is the
basis of cognitive
behavioral psychotherapy (CBT), the most widely practiced evidence based
method of treatment. When ready, proceed to Step 2.
If you rate your depression as a 9 or 10 (very or extremely depressed), you
will be brought to the Safety Screen that will assist you with suggestions for
maintaining safety. After that screen, you can proceed to the Change Thoughts
menu to choose additional exercises. When you have completed the thought
changing strategies of your choice, proceed to Step 2.
In Step 2 select methods for making Lifestyle Changes that will reduce
depression.
After following the instructions for the Lifestyle Changes, you then move to
the third set of skills in Step 3 Stress Management, where you will select one
of ten different relaxation strategies for managing stress.
After implementing those skills, you rate the level of depression again in Step
4 to determine if the skills you chose were effective for you. If the level of
the depression has not reduced sufficiently, you will be given the opportunity
to try again, selecting a different skill set.
Screenshots:
Cost: $0.99
AppBrain page for
the app: http://www.appbrain.com/app/depression/air.com.asdspecialist.depression
1 comment:
Depression affects more than 1 million teens each year. That's one out of every 8 teenagers -- no small amount. Yet only about 20 percent of these teens get the help they need. Moms and dads, it's important to be able to recognize the signs of depression so that you can help your child.
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