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Confronting Trauma With Virtual Reality Therapy

By: Rob Banino
Originally Published in  Science Focus

How VR is providing effective treatment for PTSD in returning service personnel.

The article "Confronting Trauma With Virtual Reality Therapy" from BBC's Science Focus is about how virtual reality (VR) is being used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in returning service personnel.

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