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This is how employers can help support their veteran population suffering from PTSD
Veterans in the workplace are suffering — and employers may have the tools to help, if they know what to look for. Of the 11-20% of veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD, only 9% of veterans surveyed by digital therapeutic service Freespira say they have fully recovered from PTSD and no longer have symptoms. […]
Digital therapeutics — identifying the hurdles and establishing the evidence for transformational clinical and economic impact
Digital therapeutics are a new category of medicine, delivering clinically validated, FDA-cleared medical interventions. In the past half decade, investment in digital therapeutics has grown at a strong pace, with yearly investment growth rates of 40%¹ and over $1B invested since 2018². Despite this investment, we are still in the early innings. With healthcare’s long […]
Prescription Digital Therapeutics and the Hunger for New Treatments
Here’s why the next step in mental health treatment is digital. Avrim B. Fishkind, MD, discusses prescription digital therapeutics, highlighting one product in particular. He believes these FDA-approved hard- and software will be popping up more and more over the coming years. Dr Fishkind has practiced emergency and community psychiatry for the last 25 years. […]
Guided respiratory therapeutic promising for PTSD symptoms
A digital guided respiratory therapeutic intervention used for panic disorder was safe, acceptable and well-tolerated for individuals with PTSD, according to study results published in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Studies showed one CGRI system, developed by Freespira, effectively reduced panic symptoms. Because of the symptomatic and epidemiological overlap between PTSD and panic disorder, the researchers noted […]
CEO of digital therapeutics business Freespira talks about its approach to anxiety disorders
Freespira CEO Dean Sawyer said its FDA cleared digital therapeutic is the first that’s proven to significantly reduce or eliminate symptoms of panic attacks, panic disorder, and PTSD, in a single, 28-day treatment episode. Dean Sawyer, CEO of Freespira, offered an overview of how his company is treating anxiety disorders with an FDA cleared digital therapeutic, […]
