Virtual reality therapy contolled study for war veterans with PTSD. preliminary results

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 269-272

  Gamito, Pedro ^a   Oliveira, Jorge ^a   Morais, Diogo ^a   Oliveira, Susana ^b   Duarte, Nuno ^b   Saraiva, Tomaz ^c   Pombal, Miguel ^d   Rosa, Pedro ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b APOIAR   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^d TIMENDI   (France)

^e Iscte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

PTSD; VRET; War veterans

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERAN; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WARFARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; WARFARE;

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPIES; VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPIES; VRET; WAR VETERANS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 71749116087     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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