PTSD is an expensive injury to treat. 21% of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from PTSD, with many more cases likely gone unreported. Soldiers with PTSD cost 3.5 times more to treat than soldiers without PTSD, equating to nearly $1 billion dollars annually. But now a new avenue for combating operational stress injuries and PTSD is finishing a major clinical trial; the Stress Resilience Training System, publicized by the US Navy in early 2013 here.
It's an app developed for the iPad that works with a small heart monitor to provide soldiers with education and training supplemented by realtime biofeedback data. It purports to give soldiers the tools necessary to respond adaptively to real-world stress, reducing incidences of PTSD, reducing healthcare costs, smoothing transitions to civilian life, and improving lives.
Here is a link to the instructional video that introduces soldiers to their new tools in the fight against PTSD.
It's an app developed for the iPad that works with a small heart monitor to provide soldiers with education and training supplemented by realtime biofeedback data. It purports to give soldiers the tools necessary to respond adaptively to real-world stress, reducing incidences of PTSD, reducing healthcare costs, smoothing transitions to civilian life, and improving lives.
Here is a link to the instructional video that introduces soldiers to their new tools in the fight against PTSD.
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