Military members in need of psychological help and support have a new way to get it. A new app and website from the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury offers a one-tap path to connect service members to supportive peers, a crisis line for immediate response and to social network in which users may share stories and photos.
"The Real Warriors app and complementary website are designed to promote self-help and encourage warriors to support their peers by 'saluting' and sharing positive photos and messages from important events like deployments and homecomings," said MAJ Demietrice Pittman, clinical psychologist and Real Warriors Campaign contracting officer, quoted in a post at DoD's Armed With Science blog.
"Salutes" are the Real Warriors analogue to Facebook "likes."
The app is available only for iOS devices for now, but the website itself is available on a mobile browser, with responsive design to ensure it displays well there.
