Exposure therapy with and without virtual reality to treat PTSD while in the combat theater: A parallel case series

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  McLay, Robert N ^a   McBrien, Colleen ^b   Wiederhold, Mark D ^c   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton   (United States)

^c VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

COMBAT DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949770840     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0346     Document Type: Article

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