Reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring for the treatment of combat related post traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 163, Issue , 2011, Pages 696-702

  Wood, Dennis Patrick ^a   Webb Murphy, Jennifer ^b   Mclay, Robert N ^b   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^a   Spira, James L ^c   Johnston, Scott ^b   Koffman, Robert L ^d   Wiederhold, Mark D ^a   Pyne, Jeff ^e  

^a VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d National Intrepid Center of Excellence   (United States)

^e CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety disorder; biofeedback; depression; habituation; meditation; Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP); Navy Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD); Office of Naval Research (ONR); physiological monitoring; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VR GET); Virtual Reality Therapy; War on Terror

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; DISEASES; HOSPITALS; MHEALTH; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SMARTPHONES;

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE THERAPY; HABITUATION; MEDITATION; NAVAL HOSPITAL CAMP PENDLETON (NHCP); OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SAN DIEGO; VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPIES; WAR ON TERROR;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953051760     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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