Virtual reality exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Rothbaum, Barbara O ^a   Rizzo, Albert Skip ^b   Difede, Joann ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Exposure therapy; Military; PTSD; Veterans; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRAQ; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; THEORY; VIET NAM; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 78149270949     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05691.x     Document Type: Article

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