Episode 1: Healing the Invisible Wounds of War with Virtual Reality

Shellshock. Battle fatigue. Post-traumatic stress disorder. These invisible wounds of war have been with us as long as combat itself. Listen to the story of Joe Merritt, a former Marine and Army National Guard soldier, and meet his wife, Sonya. Learn about an effective evidence-based treatment for PTSD: virtual reality exposure therapy. We'll talk with Terri Tanielian, a senior behavioral scientist at RAND; Skip Rizzo, psychologist and director for medical virtual reality at USC Institute for Creative Technologies; and Barbara Rothbaum, clinical psychologist and executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. For more information on Veterans in America, visit rand.org/veteranspodcast .

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Episode 1: Healing the Invisible Wounds of War with Virtual Reality is an episode from Veterans in America by RAND Corporation.

This episode is 27:24 long.

This episode was published on Nov 8, 2018.

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