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The Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC has been testing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a means of treating PTSD in returning soldiers. For 40 sessions over a 12-week period, soldiers are enclosed in a pressurized chamber and exposed to 100 percent oxygen to stimulate the body's red blood cells and aid in the healing processs.
The Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California uses virtual reality exposure therapy to help treat PTSD in former soldiers. Exposure therapy, in which the patient works through past traumas by reliving and recounting them for a therapist, is enhanced with a virtual reality environment designed to recreate traumatic scenery and scenarios in a safe and controlled environment.
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