May 2025: Randomized Controlled Trial of “Bounce Back Now,” a Mobile App to Reduce Post-Disaster Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress, Depressed Mood, and Sleep Disturbance

Dr. Kenneth Ruggiero (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston) joins AJP Audio to discuss the the effectiveness of an app-based intervention at reducing the symptoms of sleeplessness and posttraumatic stress in a broad cohort in the wake of a natural disaster.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin puts the rest of the May issue into context.

• 00:38 Ruggiero interview
• 03:13 Bounce Back Now app
• 05:03 Natural disasters and other sources of trauma
• 07:31 Low cost and broad-based intervention
• 08:49 Limitations
• 10:19 Changes in how the intervention was designed
• 11:17 Uptake and interactions with the app
• 13:15 Future directions
• 14:36 Kalin interview
• 14:50 Ruggiero et al.
• 19:26 Norman et al.
• 23:29 Conrod et al.