Virtual Worlds: A New Reality for Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-88

  Macedonia, Mike ^a  

^a Forterra Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS;

EID: 65349152705     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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