Laura Loucks|Carly Yasinski|Seth D. Norrholm|Jessica L. Maples?Keller|Loren M. Post|Liza Zwiebach|Devika Fiorillo|Megan Goodlin|Tanja Jovanovi?|Albert Rizzo|Barbara O. Rothbaum
You can do that?!: Feasibility of virtual reality exposure therapy in the treatment of PTSD due to military sexual trauma
Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Southern California University for Professional Studies|University of Southern California|Emory University
initial feasibility study examined use virtual reality exposure therapy vre treatment mstrelated ptsd newly developed content tailored mst participants included 15 veterans 26 male mstrelated ptsd assessment ptsd depression psychophysiological indicators distress occurred pretreatment posttreatment 3month followup treatment included 612 vre sessions significant reductions pre posttreatment ptsd caps severity t10 369 p 004 pcl5 t10 379 p 004 depressive symptoms phq9 t8 283 p 022 maintained followup also significant pre posttreatment reduction heart rate response trauma cue cohens effect sizes large caps 111 pcl5 114 phq9 94 percentage participants meeting ptsd criteria continued decline posttreatment 53 followup 33 findings indicate vre safely delivered promising treatment mstrelated ptsd