---
title: "Psych News Alert: Computer Center Helps Brain-Injured Soldiers Retrain Their Minds"
description: Jason Dugan/Shutterstock A computer lab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is helping military personnel with traumatic brain injuries to re...
image: https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_75867448-4.jpg
---

 5/13/11 12:00 AM

# Computer Center Helps Brain-Injured Soldiers Retrain Their Minds

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [ Psychiatric News Alert ](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert)

Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html)

| [![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_75867448-Jun-24-2025-07-21-57-3941-PM.jpg)](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_75867448-Jun-24-2025-07-21-57-3941-PM.jpg) |
| --- |
| Jason Dugan/Shutterstock |

A computer lab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is helping military personnel with traumatic brain injuries to regain their memories and focus. At the Brain Fitness Center, soldiers participate in “brain workouts” with computer games. The games vary in difficulty from standard over-the-counter memory-sharpening programs to those specifically designed for brain  injuries. The sessions last 15 minutes, several times a day. Scientific studies to verify the effectiveness of the treatment are just under way, but soldiers believe the computer sessions are helping. The center is one of several established by the Department of Defense around the country. For more information on how civilians will benefit from the military’s experience in treating brain trauma, see [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/6/6.1.full](http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/6/6.1.full). For information on a study that will assess the effectiveness of PTSD treatments, see [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/7/4.1.full.](http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/7/4.1.full)

[traumatic brain injury](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/traumatic-brain-injury), [PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ptsd)

## Related posts

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/soldier_therapist_iStock-886933716-4.jpg?height=200&name=soldier_therapist_iStock-886933716-4.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/06/mantram-therapy-found-to-benefit.html)

[ajp in advance](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ajp-in-advance), [PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ptsd), [veterans](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/veterans), [insomnia](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/insomnia), [psychotherapy](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/psychotherapy)

## [Mantram Therapy Found to Benefit Veterans With PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/06/mantram-therapy-found-to-benefit.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 6/25/18 12:00 AM

A mindfulness-based therapy in which individuals learn to repeat personalized mantras to relax...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/06/mantram-therapy-found-to-benefit.html)

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/EmergencySurgery_87415127-Jun-24-2025-09-42-37-4619-PM.jpg?height=200&name=EmergencySurgery_87415127-Jun-24-2025-09-42-37-4619-PM.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/06/course-from-initial-trauma-response-to.html)

[psychiatry](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/psychiatry), [PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ptsd), [mild traumatic brain injury](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/mild-traumatic-brain-injury), [trauma](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/trauma)

## [Course From Initial Trauma Response to PTSD Shows Considerable Variation, Study Finds](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/06/course-from-initial-trauma-response-to.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 6/20/13 12:00 AM

The way from trauma to delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)may be long and winding,...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/06/course-from-initial-trauma-response-to.html)

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/man_thinking_iStock_73705665-Jun-24-2025-03-46-30-2770-PM.jpg?height=200&name=man_thinking_iStock_73705665-Jun-24-2025-03-46-30-2770-PM.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/01/propranolol-may-help-ptsd-patients.html)

[ajp in advance](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ajp-in-advance), [PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/ptsd), [post-traumatic stress disorder](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/post-traumatic-stress-disorder), [trauma reactivation therapy](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/trauma-reactivation-therapy), [propanolol](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/propanolol)

## [Propranolol May Help Patients With PTSD](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/01/propranolol-may-help-ptsd-patients.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 6/24/24 11:16 AM

While exposure therapy is recognized as one of the best strategies for treating patients with...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2018/01/propranolol-may-help-ptsd-patients.html)

```json
{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Psychiatric News Alert",
    "url" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-06-24T19:25:34.685Z",
  "datePublished" : "2011-05-13T04:00:00.000Z",
  "headline" : "Psych News Alert: Computer Center Helps Brain-Injured Soldiers Retrain Their Minds",
  "image" : [ "https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_75867448-4.jpg" ],
  "mainEntityOfPage" : {
    "@id" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/05/computer-center-helps-brain-injured.html",
    "@type" : "WebPage"
  },
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "url" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/PN-Blue-Box.jpg"
    }
  }
}
```