SimCoach Evaluation A Virtual Human Intervention to Encourage Service-Member Help-Seeking for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression

• Main Author: Meeker, Daniella (auth)
• Other Authors: Cerully, Jennifer L. (auth), Johnson, Megan D. (auth), Iyer, Neema (auth), Kurz, Jeremy R. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Information technology: general issues; Medicolegal issues; Abnormal psychology; Technology; Management & Organizational Behavior; Psychology; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report describes RAND Corporation researchers' assessment of SimCoach, a computer program featuring a virtual human that speaks and gestures in a video game-like interface, designed to encourage service members, especially those with signs or symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or de...