Can You Get PTSD From A Virtual Experience?
From: Popular Science - 09/16/2014
By: Daniel Engber

Virtual environments almost certainly induce genuine anxiety, says Grainne
Kirwan, a psychologist who specializes in cybercrime at the Dún Laoghaire
Institute of Art, Design, and Technology in Ireland. For example, your
physiological and emotional responses to entering a dark alley in a video
game may be comparable to those you'd have in a similar real-life situation.
"But would it be to the extent of initiating post-traumatic stress disorder?
That hasn't been demonstrated", Kirwan says.

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Links:
The US Army's Ambitious Fight Against PTSD
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/us-armys-ambitious-fight-against-ptsd

Grainne Kirwan
http://ccta.iadt.ie/staffcv.php?staffid=5
http://www.grainnekirwan.com/