PTSD Coach Canada

Veterans Affairs (VAC) / Anciens Combattants (ACC)

About this app

The PTSD Coach Canada app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that can occur after trauma.

This application is always with you when you need it and provides:

Education about PTSD;
A self-assessment tool;
Tools for managing the distress associated with post-traumatic stress;
Information on crisis support;
Information about professional treatment.

If you have, or think you might have PTSD, this app is for you. PTSD Coach Canada provides you with information and self-help tools based on research findings. The app can be used as an education and symptom management tool, prior to, or as part of face-to-face care with a mental health professional. Family and friends can also learn from this app.

Ratings and reviews

I have found the skills and strategies the app teaches to be very helpful managing my PTSD. I really like that it can target specific symptoms, and guides you through the exercise. And it has several options for getting in contact with support and healthcare professionals, as well as emergency contacts. Seriously, I can't tell you how valuable this is when you are having an anxiety attack or a sudden wave of depression/hopelessness, when you aren't thinking very clearly.

I like how it's all laid out in a thoughtful manner yet professional. You can keep track of my symptoms and manage them with activities on the app. You can also help calm yourself with soothing music and sounds as well as upload your own music. I love that you can personalize my experience where, at the end of an activity, you can gauge your emotions on a scale of 1-10 and see if that activity worked for you or not. You can also personalize your care plan, which,as you know is super important.

Basically the same as PTDS Coach made by the Veterans affair in the US, but with a terrible design and lot less polished. On the upside, if you feel nostalgic about the software from the early 2000 era, but with a mobile twist, this app is definitely for you. Otherwise just get the US app.

What’s new

- Improvements to usability and look and feel of the App.
- New tools have been added to help with the management of distress associated with PTSD.
- New feature: A self-guided safety plan for suicide prevention is now available from the lateral menu.
- Anonymous usage data (not linked to personal identity) is now collected in order to improve the App. This feature can be deactivated in the menu.