Selfhelp App for the Mind SAM 12+
manage your mental health
Mind Garden Technology Ltd
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- Free
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Description
SAM provides a range of self-help techniques organised into several main well-being themes, together with tools for recording and monitoring changes in your well-being. The social cloud feature allows users to give and receive support from others. We ask you to be non-judgemental and sensitive in your interactions with other users.
Depending on your circumstances and personal style, you may wish to explore the app and its self-help options before deciding how to make use of it; or you may wish to start with a more structured approach. For a structured approach, use the “Mood Tracker“ feature to record and monitor your experience and the “My Triggers” feature to record situations which affect you. Remember that persistence counts – our research shows that users who monitor over a longer period are more likely to learn to manage their moods
If your institution provides a usage code, you can unlock additional content and social spaces tailored to your work, study or treatment community. For more information on this service, please contact support@mindgarden-tech.co.uk.
All self-help content is informed by established psychological principles. We have aimed to include self-help content that is supported by research, recommended by practitioners and/or rated highly by users. We have tried to offer the self-help options in a variety of formats to suit individual needs and preferences.
SAM does not offer clinical diagnoses or therapy programmes although it does provide relevant links for these and to contacts for more immediate help.
What’s New
Version 1.1.3
- Fix crashes, improve diagnostics.
- Fix download of self-help content for offline viewing
Ratings and Reviews
Picture Peace
The activity Picture Peace was instantly satisfying. After a few “colorings” my daughter was able to breathe slower and deeper and articulate what she was feeling
Irresponsibly Unmonitored
The “Social Cloud” is almost entirely children aged 12-15.
Many are genuinely interested in mental health improvement and are mature/articulate enough to be on an UNMONITORED platform.
Unfortunately there are also many with poor communication skills who just don’t know how to be respectful.
There was a lot of inappropriate behavior (verbal abuse, bullying) that only stopped once several users emailed the support team.
There are also some users who should not be on an UNMONITORED forum:
Those wanting to wallow in self-pity while having others enable their self-destructive habits and also drama queens seeking attention through exaggeration.
The other tools of the app are helpful, but are readily available in other apps.
Developer Response ,
Many thanks for the feedback. We are working to improve our monitoring and removing users who violate our terms of service. We are working to recruit more active moderators to ensure the forum is a safe and healthy space for users.
Religion
Along with the creators disregarding emails constantly, there’s people treating the app like some religious forum. These are kids who need help not something to put your religious ideologies into.
Developer Response ,
Many thanks for the feedback. We are working to improve our monitoring and removing users who violate our terms of service
App Privacy
The developer, Mind Garden Technology Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Mind Garden Technology Ltd
- Size
- 47.5 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
- Copyright
- © 2023 Mind Garden Technology C.I.C | University of the West of England
- Price
- Free