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Smart Phone App Could Help with PTSD Diagnosis (Video)

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published July 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 14 years ago.

A new smartphone app called PTSD Coach aims to help servicemembers figure out if they have post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs teamed up to create the app, which is available free of charge for iPhones and Androids. Phoenix television station ABC15 put together this video feature on the PTSD Coach app:

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Beth Ford Roth

Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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