May 2025: Randomized Controlled Trial of “Bounce Back Now,” a Mobile App to Reduce Post-Disaster Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress, Depressed Mood, and Sleep Disturbance
Description
Dr. Kenneth Ruggiero (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston) joins AJP Audio to discuss the the effectiveness of an app-based intervention at reducing the symptoms of sleeplessness and posttraumatic stress in a broad cohort in the wake of a natural disaster. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin puts the rest of the May issue into context.
- 00:38 Ruggiero interview
- 03:13 Bounce Back Now app
- 05:03 Natural disasters and other sources of trauma
- 07:31 Low cost and broad-based intervention
- 08:49 Limitations
- 10:19 Changes in how the intervention was designed
- 11:17 Uptake and interactions with the app
- 13:15 Future directions
- 14:36 Kalin interview
- 14:50 Ruggiero et al.
- 19:26 Norman et al.
- 23:29 Conrod et al.
- 27:53 Olfson et al.
- 31:44 Olfson et al.
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