Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy in the treatment of PTSD: a systematic review.

The use of Information and Communication Technologies, such as virtual reality, has been employed in the treatment of anxiety disorders with the goal of augmenting exposure treatment, which is already considered to be the first-line treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). To evaluate th...

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Main Authors: Raquel Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia Pedrozo, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Ivan Figueira, Paula Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23300515/pdf/?tool=EBI