Post Traumatic Stress Disorders: A Case Study

Title: Use of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy as A Means of Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in U.S. Military Veterans

Due to a rising rate of suicides in US war veterans, there is a need for more effective treatment options. The use of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) for veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of 150 veterans has been found to be an effective treatment when compared to problem centered therapy (PCT) in this experiment. VRET is a unique form of treatment that immerses the individual in a simulated world that allows them to face their fears and learn to cope with their symptoms, which not possible to do during any other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or PCT. It is also proposed that, since the results of VRET for PTSD has been an effective

An example is that the writer included details about the methods in the abstract section, but failed to mention those details in the methods section, which is where that information would be most useful. The researcher stated that the level of discomfort was measured every five minutes and were also interviewed immediately after the experience and again at six and twelve months after the experiment. Another example is that CBT was mentioned in the introduction as a treatment commonly used for PTSD, but the comparison group used PCT. Although it is helpful to mention CBT because it is a popular treatment method, it would make more sense if PCT was discussed more in the introduction, rather than CBT, because it is more relevant to the experiment. In addition, the inconsistency of language used to describe other forms of therapy can be confusing at times. The writer uses the term “traditional talk therapy” many times throughout the paper, and it is too broad to use, especially because talk therapy is described as only a portion of