How content was prepared
Happy Medium is an independent self-reflection and planning app informed by lived experience and publicly available educational material. Some informational drafts, prompts, starter examples, and translations used generative-AI assistance during development, followed by developer review and editing.
AI does not evaluate your answers or saved entries, and your entries are not sent to an AI service. The app has not undergone formal clinical review.
What the app’s results mean
Questionnaire suggestions, standard templates, and tool prompts help organize what you choose to record. They are editable and optional; they are not validated screening tests and do not calculate diagnoses, risk levels, or treatment recommendations.
Trends summarize recorded data using counts, averages, changes, and simple comparisons. Missing days remain missing. Possible patterns follow app-defined minimum-data and difference rules. View possible patterns lets you request eligible comparisons for the selected period; no result is guaranteed. These comparisons do not predict outcomes or establish causes. Additional mood states and overall feelings show recorded overlaps, not diagnoses, severity scores, or measured correlations. Medication start and stop dates and saved medication history provide context rather than an assessment of medication effectiveness. Completing a Fear Ladder step is a user choice, separate from recording a practice; it is not a clinical assessment.
Reminders follow schedules you choose. Milestones acknowledge app activity. Session Companion references entries you select without changing originals. Exports and backups happen when you request them. Cloud Backup is manual; signing in does not automatically upload or restore entries.
Coping and crisis-planning boundaries
General coping examples are educational ideas; personal coping techniques are written by you. You can optionally link them to a Crisis Plan. This is a private planning worksheet, not crisis monitoring, risk assessment, or emergency response.
Happy Medium does not provide therapy, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and does not replace qualified professional care.
Independent references
The following sources informed educational content or offer further reading. These organizations have not reviewed, approved, sponsored, or endorsed Happy Medium. Their publications do not establish the app’s clinical effectiveness. External sites have their own privacy policies.
Feature references
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: How to Use Journaling as a Coping ToolA NAMI blog article about using journaling to record experiences, triggers, patterns, and what seems helpful.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: My SMART GoalsA VA worksheet for making goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
- Einstein (São Paulo), indexed in PubMed: The Effects of Gratitude Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisA peer-reviewed systematic review and meta-analysis of gratitude interventions and mental-health outcomes.
- SMART Recovery USA: The ABCsAn evidence-informed ABCDE guide and worksheet covering activating events, beliefs, consequences, disputation, and effective new beliefs.
- SMART Recovery USA: Cost-Benefit AnalysisA four-part Cost-Benefit Analysis guide and worksheet for comparing the benefits and costs of doing or not doing a behavior.
- SMART Recovery USA: Define Your Values (Hierarchy of Values)SMART Recovery guidance for identifying five priorities and reflecting on whether current behavior aligns with them.
- SMART Recovery USA: Lifestyle Balance WheelSMART Recovery guidance for rating satisfaction across important life areas and reflecting on the resulting wheel.
- University of California, Merced: Navigating Change: What Do You Control?University of California, Merced guidance for separating what you can control, what you may influence, and broader concerns.
- National Institute of Mental Health: Tips for Talking With a Health Care Provider About Your Mental HealthNIMH guidance for preparing questions and concerns before discussing mental health with a health care provider. Happy Medium also supports other counseling, coaching, and support appointments.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: Navigating a Mental Health CrisisA guide to recognizing and navigating mental-health crises, preparing in advance, and creating crisis and relapse plans.
- SAMHSA: How to Cope With Mental Health, Drug, and Alcohol IssuesGeneral coping information; personal coping entries remain your own choices.
- University of Michigan: Adult Anxiety Disorders Program—Patient ResourcesEducational resources referenced for gradual practice and Fear Ladder content.
General information and support
SAMHSA: Find Support offers general information about finding support.
- National Institute of Mental Health: Health TopicsGeneral condition information used when reviewing questionnaire and starter-template wording.
- National Institute of Mental Health: My Mental Health: Do I Need Help?General information about recognizing when professional or immediate help may be appropriate.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: About Mental HealthPublic-health information about mental health and well-being.
For U.S. crisis support, 988 Lifeline provides call and text options. If anyone may be in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
References align with the app’s current content list. External content and destinations can change.