PTSD Coach Canada is a VAC-sponsored mobile app that can help veterans, family and, indeed, anyone to learn about and manage symptoms that can occur after trauma.  The app includes:

 

•    Reliable and current information on PTSD and about treatments that are effective;

•    Tools for screening and tracking symptoms;

•    Convenient, easy-to-use tools to help you manage stress symptoms; and

•    Information on crisis support and how to get help.

 

The app can be downloaded using a button at the bottom of the following webpage:

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/resources/stay-connected/mobile-app/ptsd-coach-canada

 

If a veteran does not have a mobile phone, similar information is available in a hard-copy .pdf file or on the internet at https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/health-support/mental-health-and-wellness/understanding-mental-health/understand-ptsd

 

PTSD Coach Canada is a tool to help manage the symptoms associated with PTSD, it is not intended as a replacement for professional care. This mobile app provides information and self-help tools based on current research. Together with professional treatment, PTSD Coach Canada provides dependable resources you can trust.