A Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Application for Iraq War Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pair ◽  
B. Allen ◽  
M. Dautricourt ◽  
A. Treskunov ◽  
M. Liewer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Exposure Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

scholarly journals Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Dandy Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Exposure Therapy ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops as a result of directly experiencing, witnessing, or being repeatedly exposed to aversive details of, a potentially traumatic event such as death, combat, sexual assault, or serious injury. It involves a persistent feeling of fear that results from inadequate consolidation of trauma memory. PTSD negatively impacts patients' daily lives and is associated with a higher risk of death. The downside of trauma-focused imaginal exposure therapy is the inability of patients to recall the underlying traumatic event and its effects. The development of modern technology has made it possible to overcome the downside. Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is now available for alternative choice of PTSD therapy. VRET is allowing to create traumatic stimuli that are more controlled and realistic. VRET supports wider methodologies in clinical studies because it supports standardization duration and type of exposure for all patients. This study aimed to verify the efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Methods: The search strategy was conducted through PubMed, LinkSpringer, and LIVIVO. About 71 articles were retrieved using ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’ and ‘virtual reality exposure’ keywords. Further, screening was carried out and resulted in 8 articles. In the end, four articles were included. To be eligible, the articles should be randomized controlled trial articles, published from 2011-2121, and published in English.Results: Four RCTs included in this study reported that VRET has a significant effect in reducing CAPS and PTSD symptoms. One study also reported that VRET could help with depressive symptoms and reduce autonomic symptoms such as heart rate as a response to trauma cues. Conclusions: VRET has an obvious and significant impact on alleviating PTSD symptoms, even though if there were a more standardized protocol or more diverse RCT the effect and use of VRET could be even more promising thus making VRET has more ground to be applied to the general population.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Armed Forces Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Focus Group

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Ana Vianez ◽  
António Marques ◽  
Raquel Simões de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an emerging treatment for people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to the limited accessibility of psychotherapies. This research aims to determine the guidelines for developing a Virtual Reality–War Scenario program for Armed Forces veterans with PTSD and encompasses two studies: Study 1, a systematic electronic database review; Study 2, a focus group of twenty-two Portuguese Armed Forces veterans. Results showed a positive impact of VRET on PTSD; however, there were no group differences in most of the studies. Further, according to veterans, new VRET programs should be combined with the traditional therapy and must consider as requirements the sense of presence, dynamic scenarios, realistic feeling, and multisensorial experience. Regardless, these findings suggest VRET as a co-creation process, which requires more controlled, personalized, and in-depth research on its clinical applicability.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Military Personnel with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1378-1383
Author(s):  
Simar Singh ◽  
Dan Nathan-Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Exposure Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

This systematic review determines the efficacy of virtual reality (VR) therapy for veterans and active service members with combat related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and identifies common themes among studies utilizing VR. A total of 222 articles were initially considered for this systematic review, and the inclusion and exclusion criteria left 14 articles to be analyzed. A statistically significant or clinically significant reduction in PTSD scores was reported in 64% of the articles after the use of a VR-based therapy. However, no articles provided evidence for VR therapy being statistically better than other forms of therapy in treating PTSD. VR exposure therapy was used in 71% of the studies, making it the most commonly used form of VR therapy, followed by VR graded exposure therapy at 21% and VRET-arousal control at 7%. Limitations and future studies are also discussed.

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