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Optimism - 2.8

Helps you fight depression and enjoy good mental health.

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All Time:	(5.0)
Version 2.8:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	2.8
Release Date:	2009-01-30
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 2.8):	396
Downloads (all versions):	9,349
Price:	$29.95

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Product Description:

Optimism offers you a personalised approach to managing your depression or other mood disorder. By monitoring the patterns in your life you can discover the various triggers of your depressive episodes and develop specific strategies for staying well. You can print charts and reports to examine the effectiveness of your strategies, or to share with your health care provider. A template is provided for you to develop a robust plan for remaining mentally healthy.

What's new in this version:

A range of resizable Charts have been added, catering to longer time periods from 2 weeks up to all data records.
Printing output from the default Charts now mirrors the same information as the PDF function.
Text has been revised on the Plan screen and in multiple Help windows.
The height of the Notes box has been adjusted to prevent characters in the bottom row from being cut off.
An issue with Optimism not gaining focus when the Dock icon was clicked (OS X 10.4 and earlier) has been fixed.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

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Now I'm depressed again - Version: 2.8, 1/31/2009 06:56AM PST

(0 of 4 users found this comment useful)

Pieter-Opie

This product might have been so much more effective if it had been free. Now I'm depressed all over again. I can't afford it...... woe is me.... boo hoo.....

Great product - Version: 1.4.0, 5/30/2008 03:35AM PST

(5 of 5 users found this comment useful)

SERBIAN--2008

Great application for what its made for...I think there is a bit misunderstanding about this app..It is not made for curing the depression, but to helps to spot the possible problems during therapy or to recognize the triggers which leads to depression...The exact the same "task" has been given to my wife by her doctor during therapy, but on papers - one paper for each day...With this app is much easier to keep things organized and to track the possible unwanted triggers than with tons of papers all around...Also the reports for the doctor looks much better now, printed or presented with the wife's Power Book 17".

Worked for Me! - Version: 1.4.0, 5/29/2008 08:48PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Clams McShrew

No complaints here. I think some of the negative reviewers should give Optimism OS X a bit more of a try. Might help them to manage their negativity. :-)