Smartphone PTSD App from VA, DoD 'Coaches' Vets

As part of their ongoing development of telehealth resources for veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have created a smartphone app.

The PTSD Coach, unveiled this week, is a free mobile application geared toward giving “veterans and servicemembers the help they earned when and where they need it,” said VA Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki in a statement.

To that end, the PTSD Coach app enables users to track symptoms, find local support sources, individualize strategies for managing PTSD and get anonymous assistance, the DoD and VA said.