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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (US). Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioral Health Services. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2015. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 60.)

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PTSD Coach

PTSD Coach is an app created by the VA's National Center for PTSD and the U.S. Department of Defense's National Center for Telehealth and Technology. This app helps users learn about and manage symptoms that commonly occur after trauma. Features include:

  • Reliable information on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and treatments that work.
  • Tools for screening and tracking symptoms.
  • Convenient, easy-to-use skills to help clients handle stress symptoms.
  • Direct links to support and help.
  • Continuous accessibility; the app is available to clients whenever they need it, wherever they are, so long as they have an appropriate, enabled device.

Together with professional treatment, PTSD Coach provides clients who have or may have PTSD with dependable, trustworthy resources. Family and friends can also learn from this app. As of February 2014, PTSD Coach has been downloaded 138,000 times in 84 countries.

Picture: Screenshot of a smartphone with the main page of the PTSD Coach application featured.

Source: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/PTSDCoach.asp

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