Study Finds 'Battlemind' Beneficial

Week of February 23, 2009

New training intended to reduce post-combat psychological distress provides "small but significant" improvements in Soldiers' mental health, according to a Walter Reed research study. Among Soldiers who returned from Iraq and participated in "Battlemind Training," fewer reported sleep problems, and there were less-severe post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, compared with Soldiers who received either no post-deployment mental health training or a briefing about stress, according to research psychologists with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. To learn more, read the full article on Military.com.