Heart rate response to fear conditioning and virtual reality in subthreshold PTSD

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-119

  Roy, Michael J ^a   Costanzo, Michelle E ^a   Jovanovic, Tanja ^b   Leaman, Suzanne ^a   Taylor, Patricia ^a   Norrholm, Seth D ^c   Rizzo, Albert A ^d  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Heart rate; Subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISABILITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; SYMPTOM; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; HEART;

CHRONIC DISABILITY; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CONCERNS; HEART RATE RESPONSE; HEART RATES; PHYSICAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84894226573     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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