Kooth Online Counselling and Mental Health Service for 14 to 24 years in East Ayrshire

Kooth is an integral component of East Ayrshire’s mental health provision offering a digital counselling and emotional well-being service for young people. No referral is required and it’s a 24hr support service after the pt signs up via the Kooth webpage.

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Apps and Online Tools

Holly Health

Tanyard Muirkirk Medical Group has partnered with Holly Health to offer patients 6 months of free habit coaching (to help sleep, exercise, eating and mental wellbeing). The app may serve as an extra tool to help feel physically and mentally better.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran App

The main NHS Ayrshire & Arran app gives you access to a wide range of health and wellbeing information all in one place. Easy to download and use. Can help you self-manage your conditions. Signposts to available help. 17 'sub' apps containing information on a wide range of topics including acute care, dementia, diabetes, mental health, health visitor services, pain management, respiratory conditions, staff wellbeing and much more.

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Clear Your Head

Things you can do to help clear your head. You may be feeling uncertain or worried about the future. When things feel a bit much, we have some simple ideas you could try to help you cope better with any changes in your world.

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Living life to the full

Free online courses covering low mood, stress and resilience. Work out why you feel as you do, how to tackle problems, build confidence, get going again, feel happier, stay calm, tackle upsetting thinking and more. Our courses are free for individuals using them in their own lives.

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Test and Protect

Help Scotland keep the spread of coronavirus under control by downloading and using the free Protect Scotland app from NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect service.

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NHS Apps Library

Find apps and online tools to help you manage your health and wellbeing.

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Anticipatory care planning

If you have a long term health condition, making an anticipatory care plan can help you get back in control over what's important to you.Anticipatory care planning (ACP) means that health and care practitioners work with people and their carers to ensure that the right thing is done at the right time by the right person.

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Worry Box (age 6-16 yrs)

This app serves as a journal for children and adolescents to record their worrisome thoughts. Steps are then identified in managing the worry.

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Positive Penguins (age 9-11yrs)

PP is a resilience building app for children aged 9-11yrs. Helps children to understand their thoughts and feelings and what to do when feeling anxious. Includes simple 5 minute graded and guided relaxation exercises.

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SAM (Self Help for Anxiety Management) (Age 12 yrs +)

This app provides self-help techniques to help manage overall anxiety. Track anxiety levels, triggers, and build a personal tool kit in the app. It also provides interactive guidance for practicing self-help and a closed social community to engage with others. If you’re looking for holistic snapshot of your anxiety and how to cope with it, this may be the app for you.

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Headspace (age 12yrs+)

Meditation app. Learn to relax. 10mins free for 10 days then small subscription.

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Safespot (age 6-12 yrs)

Downloadable app (android and IOS) developed by a child psychiatrist who used to work in FV. Promotes mental wellbeing by teaching coping skills.

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Telecare Self-Check Online Tool

This is an easy to use online tool that allows you to find helpful information on telecare services in your area that could help you live independently at home for longer. The tool asks 6 – 12 questions and will take about 5 minutes to complete. Once you have completed the tool you will be given useful information relating to your answers.

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NHS 24 Coronavirus (COVID-19) app

NHS 24 has developed the Covid-19 app to put your healthcare in your hand. It links directly to NHS inform, our digital health and wellbeing information resource, to bring you:NHS 24 coronavirus app home screen very latest in clear, authoritative and factual clinical guidance on coronavirus, instant alerts when key information changes or is updated. The steps you should take to minimise the risk of infection an easy-to-use symptom checker advice if you have a potential infection.

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Sure Recovery

The app is free to use and has been designed to help people track their own recovery journeys and achieve their personal goals. The app has been developed with people at different stages of recovery and is based on their ideas and feedback.

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BabyCentre

BabyCentre® reaches more than 45 million mums globally each month in nine different languages, including eight in 10 new and expecting mums online in the UK.

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Baby Buddy App

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.

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One You Drink Free Days

Make a pledge to take a few days off and you’re more likely to follow it through and reach your goals. Drink Free Days is for people who like a drink but want some support in tracking and cutting down on the booze. Understand more about your current drinking and risk levels as it common for people to underestimate how much they drink.

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Drinkaware Online Tools & Apps

Drinkaware's range of online tools can help you understand your drinking, track your drinks and change your habits.

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