Effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy for active duty soldiers in a military mental health clinic

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-96

  Reger, Greg M ^a   Holloway, Kevin M ^a   Candy, Colette ^b   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^c   Difede, JoAnn ^d   Rizzo, Albert A ^e,f   Gahm, Gregory A ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Emory University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79951892026     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20574     Document Type: Article

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