Veteran perceptions of virtual reality to assess and treat posttraumatic stress disorder

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-301

  Kramer, Teresa L ^a,b   Savary, Patricia E ^a   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Kimbrell, Timothy A ^b   Jegley, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS;

EID: 84876114948     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.1504     Document Type: Article

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