Utilizing Virtual Reality Therapy Application for Iraqi War Military Personnel with PTSD

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PURPOSE

This will explore the potential for using Virtual Reality Therapy in the treatment of PTSD . Using available literature information , the will examine some of the benefits inherent in Virtual Reality therapy . It will also list some important areas of treatment that the Virtual Reality therapy system has already made significant difference on

STATEMENT OF RELEVANCE TO PTSD REHABILITATION

There is an ongoing technological and psychiatric quest to incorporate Virtual Reality therapy into the main treatment arena , the will discuss this

effort and the potential benefits that could be derived from it

OUTLINE OF CONTENT

The will include the review of appropriate literature , it will discuss the benefits of using Virtual Reality therapy to treat PTSD . The will define PTSD and elaborate on the history of the illness and the efforts that modern medicine and modern technology making to be able to use the system to finally find a permanent answer to this old age disease ( see table of contents for content details VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY AND PTSD 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Utilizing Virtual Reality Therapy To Treat PTSD .2 Abstract .2 Introduction .3 Literature review and research methodology for the project .4 Post traumatic stress dis .4 Types of exposure .5 Virtual Reality therapy .6 Benefits of Virtual Reality therapy .7 Figure 1 .10 Figure 2 .12 Findings and discussions .15 conclusion .16 References .17 VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY AND PTSD 2 UTILIZING VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY FOR PTSD

ABSTRACT

Post traumatic stress dis (PTSD ) is not a new affliction in the military population

but the ailment is beginning to get the attention that could ultimately employ the use of virtual reality therapy in to help military personnel overcome the sickness . PTSD has long been associated with combat , but it could also be seen in brutal violence against ordinary people . The Vietnam war , the world wars , and even the world trade center attacks have been enormous sources of PTSD victims , military personnel and common citizens alike . This will trace the history and development of virtual reality (VR ) therapy

and its efficacy as a potential treatment strategy for combat soldiers from the Iraqi theaters of operation , who are tormented by PTSD VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY AND PTSD 3

INTRODUCTION

Post traumatic stress dis is a psychiatric dis that could be initiated by several factors , such as this 8217 s primary subject of discourse 8220 military combat 8221

But PTSD is also common in victims of violent assaults , terrorist victims , as well as hostage victims . Other events considered 8220 outside the range of normal human experience 8221

and therefore capable of causing PTSD , include rape , and natural disasters . For military outfits PTSD has been a persistent irritant . From Homer 8217 s of this affliction in 800 BC through similar expressions of the illness in Vietnam , and to the ultimate recognition of the illness as Post Traumatic Stress Dis by the psychiatric profession

and DSM II...