It's all very disturbing. The University of Central Florida has used virtual reality (VR) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans, with the results successful enough for the Department of Defense (DoD) to fund further programmes. The UCF Restores clinic uses VR to expose individuals to images, sounds and smells related to their combat experiences, while their reaction to the sessions becomes calmer each time. In a study published last year, researchers at UCF’s Center on Traumatic Brain Injury found that patients who had been exposed to war trauma were more likely than those not to develop PTSD.
The University of Central Florida has used virtual reality (VR) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans, with the results successful enough for the Department of Defense (DoD) to fund further programmes. The UCF Restores clinic uses VR to expose individuals to images, sounds and smells related to their combat experiences, while their reaction to the sessions becomes calmer each time. In a study published last year, researchers at UCF’s Center on Traumatic Brain Injury found that patients who had been exposed to war trauma were more likely than those not to develop PTSD.