VR In PTSD Therapy

Although this specific program will likely not become available to average consumers, the same foundations for the simulation will be available on the marketplace while being affordable at the same time. In time, applied use of virtual reality such as the Oculus Rift will become mainstream and accepted in everyday life not only due its entertainment value, but also due to its affordability for consumers everywhere. Thoughts of virtual reality often resemble fantastical scenarios reminiscent of scenes in movies with similar themes like Gamer, The Matrix, Total Recall, and Inception. After one delves into the VR technology in products such as the Oculus Rift, one will begin to believe, and he or she will brace themselves for the tidal wave that is the paradigm shift of virtual reality.

By using virtual reality, VA researches can recreate a PTSD suffers traumatic memories and develop treatment based on actual experiences. Chris Crowe, PhD, a researcher and psychologist with the Atlanta VA Medical Center is enthusiastic about the process and states "We believe this has very exciting potential to treat people very quickly and in a way that makes them less vulnerable to relapse,"(VA outlines PTSD research, 2010) These types of research studies are providing veterans with a better quality of life and allotting the time researchers need for long term

The following provides a brief overview and critique of the intervention video. The video provides a visual of a therapeutic session using cognitive processing therapy (CPT) with a veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic disorder (PTSD). There is significant evidence that distinguishes CPT as an effective intervention model for PTSD.

In order to explore the efficacy of VRET we investigate its effect on reducing symptoms of PTSD and compare it to prolonged exposure. Prolonged exposure (PE) is considered a gold standard in PTSD treatment due to the significant evidence supporting its efficacy (Rothbaum, Hodges, Ready, Graap, Alarcon, 2001; Powers et al., 2010). So far there have been seven studies comparing the effects of VRET to PE in treating PTSD. The control group in these studies involvs traditional PE in which patients re-experience traumatic memories through imaginal and in-vivo exposure with the help of a therapist.

Twenty percent of all American adults who experience traumatic events this year will go on to develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. It is estimated that 31 million United States citizens are suffering from the disorder at any given moment. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is one of the world’s most prominent psychological issues, despite the fact that several people are not even familiar with its name. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that may occur after experiencing traumatizing events or being involved in life-threatening situations. There are several warning signs that a victim of PTSD may omit that range from subtle to very intense, including—but not limited to—avoidance of certain people, objects, or places, negative thoughts and moodiness, and changes in emotional behavior. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent the onset of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder altogether. For example, one can try to detect the disorder early, and seek help immediately following a traumatizing event. However, if PTSD does happen to be diagnosed, it can be managed via various types of psychological therapy and rehabilitation as well as medically prescribed aliments to combat the potential issues that may arise. These treatments are beneficial to society as a whole when taking into consideration just how many of its members suffer from this disorder. Many people deal with PTSD, but the presence of this pandemic can be moderated through consciousness of causation,

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined as “a condition that generates waves of anxiety, anger, aggression, depression and suspicion; threatens a person’s sense of self; and interferes with daily life functioning” (Smeltzer, Bare, Hinkle & Cheever, 2010, p. 99). As human beings, we are built with different type of emotions and feelings that can endanger us or benefit us. When faced with a traumatic life event, an individual will either overcome the event and become stronger from the experience or that event can hinder the person causing them to experience the signs and symptoms of PTSD. According to Carrion and Kletter (2012), (as cited in Gabbay, Oatis, Silva & Hirsch, 2004) “epidemiological studies indicate that

These customization tools allow therapists to easily tailor experiences specifically for a patient’s needs. Being able to tailor a virtual reality simulation for a patient is much easier than trying to modify a non-simulated type of exposure therapy to match a patient’s needs. For example, virtual reality therapy makes it easier for therapists to slowly add and change the simulated scene to ease the patient into the exposure therapy rather than suddenly throwing them into their triggers. The authors note, Many [witnesses of 9/11] were deemed to be at high-risk for developing PTSD. [A simulation was developed] for treating survivors that gradually, yet systematically exposes the client to a simulated attack on the WTC.

For veterans, the environment is often designed to reflect an area where a patient experienced trauma, allowing them to interact with and to associate the area where the condition originated with better memories than ones causing the condition, ultimately ridding them of PTSD after a certain period of time. After further development in order to ensure safety and availability to all, virtual reality therapy should be used to cure veterans with

In this paper the therapies related to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) will be studied in order to determine the applicability thereof for the treatment (and prevention) of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD will be summarised as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders edition 4 with revisions (DSM-IV-TR). The therapy models, their theory and techniques will be discussed. The therapies this paper has in scope are, CBT, Exposure therapy and it’s different related techniques, Stress Inoculation Training (SIT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation

Symptoms can be manifested in emotional and psychological ways such as insomnia, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, or increased agitation. Exposure therapy, without the use of VR, has been used as a source of treatment for PTSD, allowing a patient to gain greater mental control and knowledge of the traumatic event [8]. Though VR-graded exposure therapy (VRET), is also aimed to help patients understand the context of the traumatic event, VRET promotes emotional engagement, inhibiting the ability to bypass triggers

In fact, virtual reality therapy is mostly exposure therapy taken to the next level with elements of other traditional therapies mixed in. A brief explanation of how exposure therapy works is needed. Sometimes, exposure therapy can be used to provide closure to a soldier who feels tremendously guilty over the deaths of his or her comrades. Exposure therapy can help the soldier realize that he or she did everything he or she could, or at least prevent the soldier from making the same mistake in the future. Exposure therapy also works by reinforcing the patient in a positive way, much like certain supports reinforce a bridge’s strength. Patients make progress by confronting their traumatizing experience and are positively reinforced by a reduction in their PTSD symptoms. One concern about virtual reality technology is that the fake environment will have poor graphics that do not accurately portray the “real” world. However, just as photography has evolved over time-from black and white, to color, to moving pictures- so too will virtual environments become more sophisticated. In fact, fairly sophisticated virtual environments have been created that employ various stimuli that engage four out of the five senses, taste being the missing one, in order to fully immerse the patient in the virtual world and recall the

The way that this form of therapy can be used in order to treat those who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder is typically done by VR (or Virtual reality) when they do this the patients are put into a simulation similar to the battle or war that they were taking place in (only done for those who were involved in war) by putting them into the similar situation as they were in when the traumatic experience occurred it allows for the patient to come to realization that the things that will happen in his or her new day to day environment back at home will not hurt him or her in any way near the emotional trauma that was felt when he or she was on duty in the military. By letting the patient realize that this is a true statement, it leads to an overall decrease in anxiety towards the subject, which shows a dramatic decrease in the symptoms of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder therefore allowing for the patient to overall live a better and healthier lifestyle, because as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is taken from someone’s life many different negative things are taken from that one’s life with it, such as

Opening: (Question Audience)- Who has heard of the Oculus Rift? Today we will be talking about the Oculus Rift. The Oculus Rift is something called Virtual Reality, or VR for short.” In this video that I will show you, we will see how older people who didn’t even have Atari’s when they were our age, react to this stunning piece of technology.

VR systems support 3-dimensional graphics, wide angle of view, stereovision, and viewer-centered perspective. In many VR systems the participant is not seated and is free to walk about and gesture broadly. These features make a computer system which is closer to a workshop, an operating room, or a national park than it is to a desk in an office. This perspective allows freedom in the creation of human-computer interfaces that is not afforded by the current standard interfaces [4].

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