BESTIE is the official app for Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust CAMHS, designed collaboratively by young people, clinicians and IT at Worcestershre Health and Care NHS Trust and Wupwoo.
Please sign up to BESTIE Worcestershire here: https://webapp.wupwoo.com/secretsignup/bestiepubliclive
If you are part of Worcestershire CAMHS, then please ask your clinician how to sign up to CAMHS BESTIE.
Create and customise your own avatar, known as a My BESTIE. Your avatar will have a randomly generated username, given to you upon signup, so you are anonymous. You can dress your avatar by choosing clothing items to create an outfit. Your My BESTIE avatar will then represent you in the app. You also have your own personal space, which you can decorate and furnish to suit your style, and your personal space is completely private, so only you can see it!
BESTIE provides you with a source of online materials that are there to better inform you about mental health and emotional wellbeing. BESTIE has curated helpful resources (including websites, documents and videos) in ‘information hubs’ to provide you with support from a variety of sources in a secure and safe environment. You can also save your favourite resources to your personal space, to easily find and use again when you need them. Theres also an urgent help page to provide you with information on who to contact and what to do in times of crisis.
For young people who are seen in CAMHS, support is also provided from mood tracking, which allows you to track your emotions and mood using your own avatar to reflect how you are feeling and instantly graphing this to track your mood over time.
There is a diary function to allow you to record events that could have impacts on your mood. The diary also allows you to keep track of things going on in your life and keep yourself organised. It can be used to record things on a daily basis. It can also be used to track routines, keep track of upcoming events, work on reflection to help with self-care, write to-do lists and much more.
For young people in CAMHS, clinicians can use BESTIE to run private online groups.
BESTIE has in-app games to play, as well as activities, such as word trails, which provide you with a way of participating in real-life activities. You can earn credits for your participation in activities, as well as for doing other things within the app, such as mood tracking and providing us with feedback. Earning credits can get you rewards! Save your credits to exchange for real-life deals, such as discounts and offers at participating local facilities, shops and cafes! Or use your credits to exchange for in-app items, such as clothes for your avatar and furniture for your personal space.
So what are you waiting for? Download the BESTIE app and sign up for free now!
Visit our website (https://www.camhsbestie.co.uk/) or follow us on social media to keep updated on new features and much more:
Facebook - @BESTIEWorcs
Twitter - @BESTIE_Worcs