Optimism description
Helps you find your depression triggers and plan for lasting mental health

Depression is an illness and, like many illnesses, it is possible to identify and avoid many of the causes. Just as asthma sufferers are wary of dusty environments and migraine sufferers steer clear of certain foods, sufferers of depression can avoid the factors that trigger their depressive episodes.Considering the fact that causes vary from person to person, the difficulty has always been to identify the trigger factors for each individual.

Your depressive episodes are also triggered by a unique combination of factors. By monitoring the details of your lifestyle, Optimism will help you to identify the internal and external triggers that impact on your health. It offers a personalised solution that helps you to pinpoint the causes of your depressive episodes.

Designed to augment existing treatment, this knowledge can then be used by you and your health professionals to take control of your depression and eradicate its underlying causes.

Here are some key features of "Optimism":

· Monitor your health easily. Optimism prompts you to keep a record of all things that impact on your mental health, both positive and negative, creating a valuable record of your depression triggers, symptoms, and useful stay-well strategies.

· Identify cause & effect relationships. Simple to follow, visual representations highlight connections between the factors that positively and negatively affect your health.

· Plan your health. Formulate a Stay Well Plan, a dynamic document that you adjust as you learn more about managing your illness. Print or email it to your health provider or carer, together with a report, so they know how to help you stay on track.

· Succeed. As most people who have recovered from mental illness will agree, it takes an awful lot of work to get better and then stay well. Those who are active and determined to pull things around tend to have the most success.


Limitations:

· Nag screen
· 7 days trial period