What is it about?

A review of the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to deliver exposure therapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The review addresses not only the efficacy but also the adequacy and acceptability of VR in the treatment of PTSD.

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Why is it important?

The main contribution of this review is to analyze not only the efficacy but also the adequacy and acceptability of VR-exposure protocols in the treatment of PTSD.

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The main conclusion of this review is that VR-exposure is effective and well-accepted in the treatment of PTSD.

Professor Azucena Garcia-Palacios
Universitat Jaume I

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This page is a summary of: Virtual reality exposure-based therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a review of its efficacy, the adequacy of the treatment protocol, and its acceptability, October 2015, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s89542.
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