Virtual reality therapy may ease PTSD

Scientists working with Iraq war veterans say that a combination of a new virtual reality therapy and medications may help ease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The virtual reality treatment uses a helmet and headphones to expose PTSD patients to reenactments of sights, sounds, smells, and movements from their traumatic experiences. In the study, 24 patients who suffered from a PTSD symptom that caused them to startle at loud noises showed a 75-percent decrease in the symptom after six months of treatment with the virtual reality therapy and medications.

(Bio-Medicine) UPDATED 05/07/2008
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Conditions: | post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - 39 Articles | veterans' health - 20 Articles Treatments: | sedatives/hypnotics - 38 Articles
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