The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD

Defense One
May. 29, 2014

More accurate title would be military wasting taxpayer money on brain chips to maybe, possibly treat PTSD, after a few more million, perhaps. A better solution would be stop sending the soldiers to fight in wars where they're the bad guys. - Chris How well can you predict your next mood swing? How well can anyone? It’s an existential dilemma for many of us but for the military, the ability to treat anxiety, depression, memory loss and the symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder has become one of the most important battles of the post-war period.

Now the Pentagon is developing a new, innovative brain chip to treat PTSD in soldiers and veterans that could bring sweeping new changes to the way depression and anxiety is treated for millions of Americans.

With $12 million (and the potential for $26 million more if benchmarks are met), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, wants to reach deep into your brain’s soft tissue to record, predict and possibly treat anxiety, depression and other maladies of mood and mind. Teams from the University of California at San Francisco, Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Medtronic will use the money to create a cybernetic implant with electrodes extending into the brain. The military hopes to have a prototype within 5 years and then plans to seek FDA approval.

Read More













All original InformationLiberation articles CC 4.0



About - Privacy Policy