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DARPA Healing Heroes

Posted by Hsing Wei on 06-10-10

Army Brigadier General Loree K. Sutton, the highest ranking psychiatrist in the military, gave a moving talk at this year’s Games for Change Festival.  While typically peoples’ minds jump to recruitment and training games like America’s Army, Sutton asked how digital games and developers sitting in the audience could address the “unseen wounds” of war, the widespread mental health issues, brain injuries, and affected economic and personal welfare within the military community.  She highlighted the challenge, when less than 1% of our citizenry knows what it means to wear a military uniform, how we de-stigmatize issues among the general public and create a cultural transformation from a pathological approach to a community-based, public health approach.

In terms of entry points, DARPA is requesting proposals (due July 13) for a new project “Healing Heroes”, a WebMD of sorts for military members and military families’ specific needs. 

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