Stay Alive vs Optimise

Stay Alive is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help people stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide. Some of the app’s evidence-based features include: • Find Help Now - Quick access to a large database of UK national and local crisis support, and online support services. • LifeBox - A place to store life-affirming photos, videos, and audio. • Safety Plan - A customisable plan that can be filled out by a person considering suicide. • Wellness Plan - A place to store positive thoughts, inspiration, ideas. • Reasons For Living - A place to keep statements reminding you why you should stay alive. • Worried about Someone - Guidance and advice for those supporting others in crisis. • Myths about Suicide – A place where common myths about suicide are debunked. Stay Alive is a confidential app, free to access and does not contain any advertisements. Stay Alive is currently available in 22 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, and Welsh. Stay Alive is an award-winning app designed and developed by charity Grassroots Suicide Prevention, with clinical expertise provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. During development, extensive consultation took place on the content of the app through local focus groups of people with lived experience, a team of mental health professionals, along with an online survey with 300+ participants. Since launch the app has gone through numerous iterations, with ongoing developments in terms of functionality and user-interface, in response to user testing and feedback. We aim to respond to all reviews within two weeks. If you have any questions or experience any issues with the app, please email us at app@prevent- suicide.org.uk and we will endeavour to work quickly to resolve any problems as soon as possible. All guidance and information within the app are reviewed and updated every 6 months to check all resources are updated and links are in working order. The app is fully compliant with GDPR and international data management standards. Testimonials: • “Just downloaded and looked through your Stay Alive app which is excellent (I’m a GP putting together information resources to give out to patients who may be at risk of suicide). It’s really, really good and I’m so impressed, particularly by ability to add photos from camera roll.” - Dr Helen Ashdown. • “This is the next best thing to a friend sitting with me, holding my hand when I am down and out.”- Dr Sangeeta Mahajan. • “The Stay Alive app is a life saver. This is not just a turn of phrase, but it actually saves lives of those who have thoughts of suicide” – Ian Stringer.

Optimise will take you on a journey to help you understand your current health risks and show how small changes to your lifestyle can translate into a happier, healthier life. Start with the health and wellbeing assessment, receive a score out of 100 and see how your lifestyle impacts your risk of developing ill health in the future. Log lifestyle changes and see how they result in an improved score and in predicted additional “healthy days” or disease-free life. Delve into the details by taking the Big Five assessments and get specific feedback on the lifestyle factors that impact your risk of developing cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lung disease or dementia. Feedback following each assessment is broken down into a quick and easy to read list of factors marked from low through to high risk. Get advice on how to make small but long-lasting changes to your lifestyle. Track your mental wellbeing with a set of simple and easy to take assessments, or review your energy levels, alcohol intake and financial wellbeing. Each assessment is multiple-choice and will provide clear feedback, with supporting help and advice where necessary. Set goals based on risk factors or personal health and wellbeing objectives. Log progress manually or through a connected fitness tracker or wearable. See your achievements build up as you earn points and streaks, achieve badges and work through the status levels from Starter to Mover and Shaker right through to Guru. Browse through the resources library, see the latest thoughts and opinions on mental and physical health and wellbeing in a mixture of short videos, podcasts and articles. This app integrates with the Health app. As always, seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions.