@inproceedings { ref5,
	title            = "A Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Application for Iraq War Post Traumatic Stress Disorder",
	year             = "2006",
	author           = "Jarrell Pair and Brian Allen and Matthieu Dautricourt and Anton Treskunov and Matt Liewer and Ken Graap and Greg Reger",
	booktitle        = "VR ’06 : Proceedings of the IEEE conference on Virtual Reality",
	pages            = "62-72",
	address          = "Washington, DC, USA",
	publisher        = "IEEE Computer Society",
	doi              = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VR.2006.23",
	url              = "http://ict.usc.edu/pubs/A%20Virtual%20Reality%20Exposure%20Therapy%20Application%20for%20Iraq%20War%20Post%20Traumatic%20Stress%20Disorder.pdf",
	abstract         = "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be caused
by traumatic events that are outside the range of usual human
experiences including (but not limited to) military combat, violent
personal assault, being kidnapped or taken hostage and terrorist
attacks. Initial data suggests that 1 out of 6 Iraq War veterans are
exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD. Virtual
Reality (VR) exposure treatment has been used in previous
treatments of PTSD patients with reports of positive outcomes.
The aim of the current paper is to present the rationale, technical
specifications, application features and user-centered design
process for the development of a Virtual Iraq PTSD VR therapy
application. The VR treatment environment is being created via
the recycling of virtual graphic assets that were initially built for
the U.S. Army-funded combat tactical simulation scenario and
commercially successful X-Box game, Full Spectrum Warrior, in
addition to other available and newly created assets. Thus far we
have created a series of customizable virtual scenarios designed to
represent relevant contexts for exposure therapy to be conducted
in VR, including a city and desert road convoy environment.
User-Centered tests with the application are currently underway at
the Naval Medical Center–San Diego and within an Army
Combat Stress Control Team in Iraq with clinical trials scheduled
to commence in February 2006.",
	keywords         = "Virtual Reality, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,  Exposure Therapy, Full Spectrum Warrior, Clinical Interface"}