Development and testing of virtual reality exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in active duty service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-642

  McLay, Robert N ^a   Graap, Kenneth ^b   Spira, James ^c   Perlman, Karen ^d   Johnston, Scott ^e   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^f   Difede, JoAnn ^g   Deal, William ^a   Oliver, David ^a   Baird, Alicia ^a   Bordnick, Patrick S ^h   Spitalnick, Josh ⁱ   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^j   Rizzo, Albert ^k  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CNS Response Inc   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

ⁱ Virtually Better Corporation   (United States)

^j CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^k University of Southern California   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864112875     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00221     Document Type: Article

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