"Virtual PTSD Experience" Launches to Aid Servicemembers and Families

Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the launch of a new tool to help soldiers and their families understand and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The tool, the “Virtual PTSD Experience”, is an interactive simulation that is meant to help combat veterans and their loved ones learn about PTSD causes, symptoms and resources. 

In a press release announcing the launch of the Virtual PTSD Experience, Dr. George Peach Taylor Jr., principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said, “We believe this is the first time DoD has used interactive simulations with the Web to help our military community with PTSD in the privacy of their homes."

The Virtual PTSD Experience was developed by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2) and is meant to be used by servicemembers in what is thought of as a safe and comfortable environment--the privacy of their own homes. Users of the simulator are anonymous, which, according to the DoD will help reduce the stigma many servicemembers attach to asking for help with the disorder.

The T2 Virtual PTSD Experience can be visited at the T2 website, and more can be learned about the tool by reading the DoD’s press release: Interactive Simulation Launched to Provide Information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Image courtesy of the National Center for Telehealth and Technology

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