Análisis de la app SPARX 2 para 1 de noviembre

Features: • Helps 13-19 year olds with depression • Teaches CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) techniques • Targeted at 13-19 year olds • Learn and practice real life skills in a fantasy game environment! • Proven to work as well as standard care What it is: - SPARX is an app that helps 13-19 year olds with mild to moderate depression. It can also help if you’re feeling anxious or stressed. It was developed with the help of 13-19 year olds and is based on a type of ‘talking therapy’ called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT for short. You can do CBT with a counsellor or a psychologist but you can also learn CBT skills from SPARX. 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. There is lots of research to show that CBT helps. SPARX can help you learn how to have Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor thoughts! If you are: 13-19 years old and based in New Zealand you can download this app. Funded by Ministry of Health. For more information visit www.sparx.org.nz email support@sparx.org.nz