A virtual reality exposure therapy application for Iraq War Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 67-72

  Pair, Jarrell ^a   Allen, Brian ^a   Dautricourt, Matthieu ^a   Treskunov, Anton ^a   Liewer, Matt ^a   Graap, Ken ^b   Reger, Greg ^c   Rizzo, Albert ^a  

^a Institute for Creative Technologies ^*  (United States)

^b Virtually Better Inc   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Interface; Exposure Therapy; Full Spectrum Warrior; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DRUG THERAPY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL INTERFACES; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR; POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33750097817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2006.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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