Self-harm and suicide prevention apps

Calm is a leading mental health and mindfulness app offering guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing exercises, and music to help users reduce stress, improve sleep, and enhance overall wellbeing.

Calm Harm is a free app that helps you manage or resist the urge to self-harm.

distrACT is a free, discreet self-help app designed to support people experiencing self-harm or suicidal thoughts, offering trusted guidance, crisis resources, and self-care tools

harmLESS is a resource for those who have contact with young people who are self-harming.

It is designed to help you talk about self-harm with a young person so that you can decide what support might be helpful.

MindShift is a free, evidence-based self-help app that uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies to help young people manage anxiety, stress, and panic through tools like thought journaling, relaxation exercises, and coping plans.

Stay Alive app is a pocket suicide prevention resource packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.