Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Active Duty Soldiers in a Military Mental Health Clinic

被引:95
作者
Reger, Greg M. [1 ]
Holloway, Kevin M.
Candy, Colette [2 ]
Rothbaum, Barbara O. [3 ]
Difede, JoAnn [4 ]
Rizzo, Albert A. [5 ]
Gahm, Gregory A.
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Telehlth & Technol, Madigan Army Med Ctr, Ft Lewis, WA 98433 USA
[2] Madigan Army Med Ctr, Dept Psychol, Tacoma, WA USA
[3] Emory Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[4] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Psychiat, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[5] Univ So Calif, Inst Creat Technol, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
关键词
POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER; SYMPTOMS; PTSD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; CHECKLIST;
D O I
10.1002/jts.20574
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Exposure therapy is an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but research evaluating its effectiveness with active duty service members is limited. This report examines the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) for active duty soldiers (N = 24) seeking treatment following a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Relative to their pretreatment self-reported symptoms on the PTSD Checklist, Military Version (M = 60.92; SD = 11.03), patients reported a significant reduction at posttreatment (M = 47.08; SD = 12.70; p < .001). Sixty-two percent of patients (n = 15) reported a reliable change of 11 points or more. This study supports the effectiveness of exposure therapy for active duty soldiers and extends previous research on VRE to this population.
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