Combat related post traumatic stress disorder: A multiple case report using virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 556-561

  Wood, Dennis Patrick ^a   Murphy, Jennifer A ^a   Center, Kristy B ^a   Russ, Carol ^a   McLay, Robert N ^b   Reeves, Dennis ^c   Pyne, Jeff ^d   Shilling, Russell ^e   Hagan, Jack ^f   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^a  

^a VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Clinvest   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f FASOTRAGRUPAC N2 (GHo)   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Combat exposure; Combat stress; Depression; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Traumatic Blast Injury (TBI); Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET); Virtual Reality Therapy

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BLAST INJURIES; COMBAT EXPOSURE; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WAR;

EID: 44249110047     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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