Virtual reality exposure therapy for PTSD: Ukraine

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Written By Jennymarie Jemison

Video by Rob VanAlkemade / Medicinal Media.

 

Dr. Skip Rizzo, psychologist and director of the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, develops virtual reality treatments for various conditions, but with a focus on exposure therapy for combat veterans suffering from PTSD. The university has now made the technology available for treatments in Ukraine.

Jennymarie Jemison
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