Virtual Reality Treatment of PTSD and Substance Abuse

创伤后应激障碍和药物滥用的虚拟现实治疗

• 批准号: 6882552
• 负责人: JOANN DIFEDE
• 金额: $ 20.71万
• 依托单位: VIRTUALLY BETTER, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-25 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6882552
• 关键词: autogenic training; behavior therapy; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; clinical research; comorbidity; computer human interaction; computer simulation; disasters; drug abuse; human subject; mental health education; patient oriented research; posttraumatic stress disorder; questionnaires; relaxation; substance abuse related disorder; therapy design /development; trauma

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this STTR project is to develop and test a new treatment for PTSD that will use Virtual Reality Technology to simulate the traumatic event. Phase I will be directed toward developing virtual environments essential to the treatment of PTSD following terrorist incidents or disasters and conducting a preliminary study of feasibility. An overarching goal of this project will be to develop a virtual environment that is flexible and can be adapted for use following future terrorist incidents or disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, fires). Each year millions of people worldwide experience a disaster or terrorist incident. While each event is unique, there are common elements of many disaster scenarios. For example, escape from a building following a terrorist incident, earthquake or fire; the sounds of emergency services vehicles; loss of electric power; smoke; etc. To be cost-effective, virtual simulations for disasters should be adaptable so that the software can be reconfigured rapidly for use following future disasters and terrorist incidents. This project will focus on the use of the configurable virtual reality environments in the treatment of chronic PTSD following the World Trade Center (WTC) attack of September 11, 2001.

描述（由申请人提供）：该 STTR 项目的总体目标是开发和测试一种治疗 PTSD 的新疗法，该疗法将使用虚拟现实技术来模拟创伤事件。第一阶段将致力于开发对于治疗恐怖事件或灾难后的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）至关重要的虚拟环境，并进行可行性初步研究。该项目的首要目标是开发一个灵活的虚拟环境，可以适应未来恐怖事件或灾难（例如地震、洪水、火灾）的使用。每年全世界有数百万人经历灾难或恐怖事件。虽然每个事件都是独特的，但许多灾难场景都有共同的元素。例如，在恐怖事件、地震或火灾后逃离建筑物；紧急服务车辆的声音；失去电力；抽烟;为了具有成本效益，灾难虚拟模拟应该具有适应性，以便软件可以快速重新配置，以便在未来发生灾难和恐怖事件时使用。该项目将重点关注 2001 年 9 月 11 日世界贸易中心 (WTC) 袭击后使用可配置虚拟现实环境治疗慢性创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD)。