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Title: Virtual Reality Helps GIs Deal With PTSD - MELANTHIA MITCHELL, Associated Press Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 12, 2007, 04:18:01 AM Virtual Reality Helps GIs Deal With PTSD - MELANTHIA MITCHELL, Associated Press
Staff Sgt. Jeff Ebert's entire body flinches as a roadside bomb explodes near his vehicle. Smoke obscures his view. Gunfire rattles around him. This isn't on a road in Iraq but inside a room at Madigan Army Medical Center, where psychologists plan to begin using virtual reality -- think immersive video games -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by recreating the conditions of war. Read More.. (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/sns-ap-virtual-reality-ptsd,0,7186465.story) |