Futurity March 7, 2024
Virtual reality exposure plus electric brain stimulation offers a promising treatment for PTSD, researchers report.
Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, the new study shows.
In a clinical trial conducted among US military veterans at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, participants who received brain stimulation with a low electrical current during sessions of virtual reality exposure reported a significant reduction in PTSD symptom severity.
The results appear in JAMA Psychiatry.
Study author Noah Philip, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, says the findings are exciting considering existing challenges in treating patients with PTSD.
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