Cost effectiveness of virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring for the treatment of combat related post traumatic stress disorder

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-229

  Wood, Dennis Patrick ^a   Murphy, Jennifer ^b   McLay, Robert ^b   Koffman, Robert ^c   Spira, James ^a   Obrecht, Robert E ^d   Pyne, Jeff ^e   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^a  

^a VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^d Naval Amphibious Base Coronado   (United States)

^e CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Physiological monitoring; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VIRTUAL REALITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EXPOSURE THERAPY; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOMS; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

COMBAT DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 71749104097     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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