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The research team will partner with a group of female veterans drawn from the armed forces veteran community and charitable organisations. They will inform adaptations to the app that drive acceptability and engagement with the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan Baker, CEO of Iona Mind said \u201cOur team is committed to delivering evidence-based mental healthcare at scale and we\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with the University of Exeter. The government\u2019s support for this work emphasises the urgent need to support the mental health of our female veterans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than \u00a3250,000 of Government funding will enable scientists at the University of Exeter to develop and evaluate the world\u2019s first fully-digital treatment for female veterans suffering from anxiety and depression. Researchers will use Iona Mind, an artificial intelligence platform for the development of new mental health interventions. The funding is a share of \u00a35 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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