http://www.rdmag.com/article/2016/08/wearable-device-could-help-soldiers-combat-ptsd-study-shows?
Brain
State Technologies, an Arizona-based company working on neurotechnology
tools to help with stress management and sleep quality, unveiled new
research regarding a specialized wearable device called the
BRAINtellect2.
The BRAINtellect2 is shaped like a visor that sits at the top of your head. Sensors built into the machine read the wearer’s brainwaves and then, “software translates them to music-like tones that you listen to through earbuds,” according to the company’s website. The different rhythmic tones would sound familiar to the brain—sending the wearer into a relaxed state.
Researchers from Brain State and the Wake Forest School of Medicine partnered on this study, which shows that this device could play an important role in reducing the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder.
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One symptom of PTSD that is known to be challenging to treat is sleep disturbance. Solutions like counseling or medication have a limited impact on helping individuals overcome this disorder, per Brain State’s announcement.
The scientists performed their investigation by reviewing data from another study that focused on military service members who deployed to Iraq after 9/11. This study found that there was an equally strong chance of gaining PTSD from insomnia as there was from being exposed to combat.
Next, the team, “factored estimates for the risk of PTSD from insomnia and estimates for how much a sleep-enhancing wearable might reduce insomnia into their calculations for estimates for reductions in new cases of PTSD,” reported FierceBiotech.
Results indicated that Brain State’s invention could play an important role in reducing PTSD for a large group of service members entering a combat scenario. BRAINtellect2 could fill an important unmet need in treating this disease.
“We are very excited about presenting this analysis to military health researchers, because prevention efforts tend to get too little attention. We think that focus on sleep quality could reduce PTSD not only in the military, but also in police, medical first responders, and others who have high exposure to trauma," said Brain State Founder & CE0 Lee Gerdes, in a statement.
The findings were presented at the annual Military Health System Research Symposium taking place in Kissimmee, Fla.
The BRAINtellect2 is shaped like a visor that sits at the top of your head. Sensors built into the machine read the wearer’s brainwaves and then, “software translates them to music-like tones that you listen to through earbuds,” according to the company’s website. The different rhythmic tones would sound familiar to the brain—sending the wearer into a relaxed state.
Researchers from Brain State and the Wake Forest School of Medicine partnered on this study, which shows that this device could play an important role in reducing the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder.
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One symptom of PTSD that is known to be challenging to treat is sleep disturbance. Solutions like counseling or medication have a limited impact on helping individuals overcome this disorder, per Brain State’s announcement.
The scientists performed their investigation by reviewing data from another study that focused on military service members who deployed to Iraq after 9/11. This study found that there was an equally strong chance of gaining PTSD from insomnia as there was from being exposed to combat.
Next, the team, “factored estimates for the risk of PTSD from insomnia and estimates for how much a sleep-enhancing wearable might reduce insomnia into their calculations for estimates for reductions in new cases of PTSD,” reported FierceBiotech.
Results indicated that Brain State’s invention could play an important role in reducing PTSD for a large group of service members entering a combat scenario. BRAINtellect2 could fill an important unmet need in treating this disease.
“We are very excited about presenting this analysis to military health researchers, because prevention efforts tend to get too little attention. We think that focus on sleep quality could reduce PTSD not only in the military, but also in police, medical first responders, and others who have high exposure to trauma," said Brain State Founder & CE0 Lee Gerdes, in a statement.
The findings were presented at the annual Military Health System Research Symposium taking place in Kissimmee, Fla.
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