Effectiveness of brief VR treatment for PTSD in war-fighters: A case study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 154, Issue , 2010, Pages 214-219

  Miyahira, Sarah D ^a   Folen, Raymond A ^b   Hoffman, Hunter G ^c   Garcia Palacios, Azucena ^d   Schaper, Kim M ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

combat; exposure therapy; PTSD; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL COMPONENT; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES; COMBAT; EXPOSURE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD; TRAUMATIC EVENTS; VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77954612061     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-561-7-214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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