The device has been tested on Israeli soldiers.
Prism is a two-part device that focuses on helping patients control the activity of their amygdala, the area of the brain primarily responsible for the control of emotion and memory.
“When a patient is successful in lowering the activity of the amygdala, or the amygdala-related signal, then they get positive feedback from the device,” Prof. Talma Hendler, professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Tel Aviv University, director of the Sagol Brain Institute at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and developer of the technology, told ThePrism, she argued, teaches patients the mental strategy that moves their emotional system to a calmer state.
She now expects Prism to be commercially available for doctors to prescribe starting in 2024. However, it will not be made available everywhere focusing instead primarily on outpatient and private clinics where staff can be trained in its use and administration.“When the patient is successful in regulating their limbic system, then the room relaxes, as well. Figures start to sit down and the noises are lowered. So it is kind of resonant with the patient’s brain. This is the positive feedback.
“We found that the soldiers who had more amygdala activity prior to going into action developed more PTSD symptoms. This was the initial hint that amygdala hyper-activation is a marker for possibility developing psychopathology following trauma,” Hendler
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