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

by Daniella Meeker, Neema Iyer, Jeremy R. Kurz

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 depression, to seek help for psychological health concerns.

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2015