According to the National Center for PTSD, 6 to 8 people out of 100 will have PTSD at some point in their lives. This likely hood is increased to about 11-20 out of 100 people for veterans returning from war. The current problem with PTSD treatments are their effectiveness, the stigma attached to therapy, high drop-out rates, and low treatment satisfaction. These effects culminate into a difficult and arduous recovery. This is not an uncommon condition and its effects are devastating and lasting. However, recent tests and studies using virtual reality environments or VREs to treat PTSD” have reported reductions in PTSD symptoms.” Not only that but they “hypothesized that soldiers assigned to VRE would demonstrate lower dropout rates, lower stigma and higher treatment satisfaction than soldiers assigned to PE” (Reger). This technology, if widely implemented, could drastically help people who have suffered through traumatic
According to the National Center for PTSD, 6 to 8 people out of 100 will have PTSD at some point in their lives. This likely hood is increased to about 11-20 out of 100 people for veterans returning from war. The current problem with PTSD treatments are their effectiveness, the stigma attached to therapy, high drop-out rates, and low treatment satisfaction. These effects culminate into a difficult and arduous recovery. This is not an uncommon condition and its effects are devastating and lasting. However, recent tests and studies using virtual reality environments or VREs to treat PTSD” have reported reductions in PTSD symptoms.” Not only that but they “hypothesized that soldiers assigned to VRE would demonstrate lower dropout rates, lower stigma and higher treatment satisfaction than soldiers assigned to PE” (Reger). This technology, if widely implemented, could drastically help people who have suffered through traumatic