虚拟治疗法|弱视治疗法
借助英国雷丁大学形象化中心的帮助，美国开发的治疗战后创伤性精神紊乱症患者的方法正在不断完善。 由南加州大学设计的虚拟伊拉克模拟治疗法是一种全浸入式治疗法。该疗法作为曝光式治疗法的一部分，可使患有战后创伤性精神紊乱症的士兵解除痛苦并勇敢地面对精神创伤。在美国接受该法治疗的一部分人已获得不错的效果。
南加州大学的治疗方法是：患者佩戴能使其沉浸在虚拟现实战场的头盔式显示器，向治疗师讲述他们的感受，治疗师根据治疗进展情况，随时调整引发精神紧张的条件和程度。
雷丁大学形象化中心主任保罗・沙基教授说：“要求病人佩戴头盔式显示器会产生加剧精神创伤的潜在危险，因为这同战场上佩戴头盔是一样的感觉。”保罗・沙基还说：“在雷丁大学的最初研究阶段。将进行低水平的研究工作，以获取有关佩戴头盔式显示器和佩戴头盔之间差异方面的感性认识。下一阶段将与当地心理医生合作，进行治疗战后创伤性精神紊乱症病人的尝试。”
南加州大学的虚拟治疗项目开始于2004年，由美海军研究局提供资金。该项目最终有望提供给英国国防部并由其提供研究经费。
保罗・沙基教授指出，成功治疗战后创伤性精神紊乱症的经济效益非常可观，更不用说带给病人的好处了。
根据美国退伍军人管理局的统计，在美国有19 000多名海湾战争老兵患有战后创伤性精神紊乱症。
AUS-developed treatment for sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)is being refined with the help of the Visualization Centre of the University of Reading in the UK．
The virtual lraq simulation treatment，which was designed at the University of Southern California(USC)，is‘fully-immersive’．‘It was developed as part of an exposure therapy programme that allows soldiers suffering from PTSD to relive and confront psychological trauma．Promising results have been obtained from the first handful of patients treated in the US．
The USC treatment sees patients talk through their trauma with a therapist while wearing a Head Mounted Display that immerses them in a virtual reality battlefield．The therapist can adjust the conditions and the level of stress-generating activity as the treatment progresses．
Professor Paul Sharkey。a director of the University of Reading’s Visualization Centre， said：“Through asking patients to weal"headsets．there is a potential risk of heightening the trauma.as this is akin to putting on a helmet in the field．”
Sharkey said：“In the initial stage of the research at Reading．low-level studies will be conducted to get a feel for the differences． But the next stage will see collaborations with local psychologists and trials involving PTSD patients．”
The USC project began in 2004 with funding from the US Office of Naval Research．UItimately it is hoped that this service can be offered to the UK Ministry of Defence．providing that funding can be found．
Professor Sharkey pointed out that the economic benefits of successfully treating FTSD were considerable．quite apart from the benefit to patients．
According to the Veterans Administration．there are more than19,000 Gulf War veterans in the US suffering from PTSD．
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