Recalling Iraq's Terrors Through Virtual Reality Therapy Aims to Alleviate
  Post-Traumatic Stress
From: Washington Post - 03/23/2005
By: Ariana Eunjung Cha

Joseph Blythe settled into the couch in the psychologist's office, slipped on
a pair of high-tech goggles, took hold of the joystick and within a few
seconds was transported through time and distance back to Iraq. He walked
briskly along the maze-like urban streets, scanning the rooftops for friend
or foe, passing by bombed-out cars, listening to the roar of choppers flying
past the palm trees. 

As he reached an alley, Blythe heard the whoosh of a bullet going past his
head and flinched. 

"That was scary," he said. 

Blythe, a 25-year-old medic who spent eight months with the U.S. Marine Corps
in Fallujah during its most turbulent period in 2004, is among the first to
test a new virtual-reality system that the military hopes will help
servicemen and women suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. 

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A58360-2005Mar22?language=printer

Links:
Military to try virtual combat stress remedy
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20050317-9999-2m17virtual.html

Virtual reality used to help treat trauma victims
http://www.psycport.com/stories/ap_2005_03_07_ap.worldstream.english_D88M5RG02_news_ap_org.anpa.xml.html

Virtual reality programs could help soldiers traumatized by war
http://www.newstarget.com/004146.html

Israeli scientists use virtual reality to help treat trauma victims 
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Security/5121.htm