Calm Harm

Die Beschreibung von Calm Harm

Site Editorial Commentary：Calm Harm provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self harm.

The urge to self-harm can feel overwhelming, like a powerful wave crashing over you, especially when the desire first arises.

Join over 2 million users who are learning to manage these urges with Calm Harm, a free and award-winning app designed to help you ride that wave. Choose from a variety of activities categorized under Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, and Random to find what works best for you.

In addition to these activities, Calm Harm provides a breathing technique to promote mindfulness, helping you stay present, regulate difficult emotions, and reduce tension.

By engaging with the app and riding the wave of urges, you'll find that the desire to self-harm gradually fades.

Calm Harm is developed for teenage mental health charity stem4 by Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause, in collaboration with young people. The app is grounded in principles from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment approach. It adheres to NHS standards and is approved by ORCHA, ensuring a high level of quality and safety.

Calm Harm offers immediate techniques to help break the cycle of self-harm behaviors and explore underlying trigger factors. It also helps you build a 'safety net' of helpful thoughts, behaviors, and access to supportive people. The app includes a journaling feature for self-reflection and provides signposts to further resources and support.

The Calm Harm app is designed to be private, anonymous, and safe, ensuring your confidentiality and security.

Important note: Calm Harm is not a replacement for professional assessment and individualized treatment from a qualified health or mental health professional.

Also, please remember that if you forget both your passcode and security answer, they cannot be reset due to the app's commitment to user privacy. You will need to reinstall the app, which will result in the loss of any previously saved data.

Calm Harm has been updated with a fresh new look and the latest technology! Based on user feedback, we've enhanced the app's functionality, including the ability to make journal entries at any time and the option to select multiple reasons for your urge to self-harm after completing an activity. We've also updated and expanded the choice of activities based on user suggestions.

What's new?
* Users can now add activities to a ‘Favorites’ list for quick access.
* The mascots have been enhanced with animations throughout the app for a more engaging experience.
* Choose from a wider selection of color schemes to personalize your app.
* Easier access to immediate help via the breathe activity, both during onboarding and in the footer of the app.
* The option to set a passcode to access the whole app has been removed; instead, the self-monitoring section can now be passcode-protected or accessed via facial recognition / Touch ID.
* Tours are available to explain key features of the app.

What remains the same?
* The app is clinically-developed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in collaboration with young people.
* Optional passcode-protection (though now only for the self-monitoring section).
* Users choose 5-minute or 15-minute activities (from the same categories as before), counted down by a timer, based on DBT principles.
* Users can still record Experiences in the log section (now called My Records) and see information such as weekly average urge strength, most common urges, and most active time of day.
* The app remains completely free, with no in-app purchases required.
* Users are shown signposts to further help.
* Our commitment to data privacy and user anonymity remains unchanged.
* No data or WiFi access is required to use the app.
* Built to UK National Health Service standards and approved by ORCHA.
* Users can still personalize their experience.
* The option to hide trigger activities is still available.