Therapeutic Media: Treating PTSD with Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Therapeutic Media: Treating PTSD with Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Applying head-mounted displays (HMDs) and virtual reality scenarios in virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) promises to alleviate combat-related post-traumatic stress disorders (among others). Its basic premise is that, through virtual scenarios, patients may re-engage immersively with situations...

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Main Author: Kathrin Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Libraries 2016-09-01
Series:MediaTropes
Subjects:
HMD, virtual scenario
virtual reality exposure therapy
PTSD
HCI design
visual trigger
imagination
therapeutic effect
Online Access:http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/27102

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