Gerardi Maryrose, Rothbaum Barbara Olasov, Ressler Kerry, Heekin Mary, Rizzo Albert
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Trauma Stress. 2008 Apr;21(2):209-13. doi: 10.1002/jts.20331.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been estimated to affect up to 18% of returning Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. Soldiers need to maintain constant vigilance to deal with unpredictable threats, and an unprecedented number of soldiers are surviving serious wounds. These risk factors are significant for development of PTSD; therefore, early and efficient intervention options must be identified and presented in a form acceptable to military personnel. This case report presents the results of treatment utilizing virtual reality exposure (VRE) therapy (virtual Iraq) to treat an OIF veteran with PTSD. Following brief VRE treatment, the veteran demonstrated improvement in PTSD symptoms as indicated by clinically and statistically significant changes in scores on the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS; Blake et al., 1990) and the PTSD Symptom Scale Self-Report (PSS-SR; Foa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993). These results indicate preliminary promise for this treatment.
据估计，创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）影响着高达18%的伊拉克自由行动（OIF）退伍军人。士兵们需要时刻保持警惕以应对不可预测的威胁，并且有前所未有的数量的士兵在重伤后存活下来。这些风险因素对PTSD的发展具有重要影响；因此，必须确定早期且有效的干预方案，并以军事人员可接受的形式呈现。本病例报告展示了利用虚拟现实暴露（VRE）疗法（虚拟伊拉克）治疗一名患有PTSD的OIF退伍军人的治疗结果。经过简短的VRE治疗后，该退伍军人的PTSD症状有所改善，这体现在临床医生管理的PTSD量表（CAPS；Blake等人，1990年）和PTSD症状量表自我报告（PSS-SR；Foa、Riggs、Dancu和Rothbaum，1993年）得分的临床和统计学显著变化上。这些结果表明这种治疗方法具有初步前景。
