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About Better Mental Wellness

Better Mental Wellness (BMW) is built to feel welcoming for all people seeking mental wellness: daily check-ins, trusted screenings, and care ideas that meet you where you are—not a cold dashboard.

Daily rhythm PHQ-9 & GAD-7 Your care plan Your data, your pace

The Warren Model

BMW draws on the Warren Model, which was developed by Dr. Rosalyn Warren Avant, a professional with more than 20 years of experience.

The Warren Model informs BMW's content and research foundation. Originally developed with a focus on midlife wellness, its principles of steady, culturally humble support are offered here for everyone seeking better mental wellness.

Weekly slide decks

Add slide files to bmat/media/slideshows/ and include the week in the name (for example week1-intro.pptx, week2-show.ppsx, week_3.pdf). Supported: .pptx, .ppsx, .ppt, .pps, .pdf, .html.

Development

The main developers for this app are Jeremy Carpenter and Ciara Smith of CIJE dev, a private software development company that started in 2019.

Designers & collaborators

Further credits for designers and other contributors will be added here.

What you can do with BMW

Pick what helps today—everything else stays available when you need it.

Account & privacy — Secure sign-in, session handling, and optional cookie preferences.
Screenings — One place to choose PHQ-9 (depression) or GAD-7 (anxiety), with scores, severity labels, and history; safety messaging when indicated.
Daily check-in — Track mood, stress, sleep, and notes over time.
Care plan — Adaptive suggestions, tiny actions you can mark done, curated resources and embedded video.
Personal profile — One place to open Connections (trusted contacts and check-in requests) or Personalization (care-plan topic tuning).
Cultural fit — Daily affirmations, language tone, and optional diverse voices / wellness video picks on your care plan (available to anyone).
AI Wellness — Optional AI reflection when the server is configured; not a substitute for professional care.
Trends & history — Charts and tables for assessments, check-ins, and action completions.
Wellness snapshot — A wellness score and pattern insights drawn from your latest signals.
Private session — Optional browser-based stream so others can join with a room code (you choose what to share).
Warren Model slides — Weekly slide decks in the section above when files are added under bmat/media/slideshows/.
Admin (when enabled) — Ethical, aggregated oversight; optional clinical tools for authorized staff.