The effectiveness of VR exposure therapy for PTSD in returning warfighters

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-132

  Miyahira, Sarah D ^a   Folen, Raymond A ^b   Hoffman, Hunter G ^c   Garcia Palacios, Azucena ^d   Spira, James L ^e   Kawasaki, Michelle ^e  

^a US Army Pacific Regional Medical Command   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e VA National Center for PTSD VAPIHCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Exposure therapy; PTSD; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

COMBAT; COMPARISONS WITH A CONTROLS; EXPOSURE THERAPY; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOMS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84872027994     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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