Virtual reality and other experiential therapies for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Spira, James L ^a,b,g   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^c   Wiederhold, Brenda ^d   Wiederhold, Mark ^d   Graap, Ken ^e   Rizzo, Albert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Casa Palmera Residential Treatment Program   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Virtually Better Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY; WAR;

EID: 33645115521     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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