Virtual Iraq: Vr Ptsd Exposure Therapy With Active Duty Iraq War Combatants

摘要

sonnel. In the first systematic study of mental health problems due to the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts, results indicated that, "The percentage of study subjects whose responses met the screening criteria for major depression, generalized anxiety, or PTSD was significantly higher after duty in Iraq (15.6 to 17.1 percent) than after duty in Afghanistan (11.2 percent) or before deployment to Iraq (9.3 percent)" (Hoge et al., 2004). Among the many approaches that have been used to treat persons with PTSD, graduated exposure therapy appears to have the best-documented therapeutic efficacy (Rothbaum, 2001; Bryant et al., 2005; NAS Report, 2007).