Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, and Virtual Reality

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

38

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Conditions
Substance Use DisordersPosttraumatic Stress Disorder
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Prolonged Exposure Therapy

These treatments include repeated exposure to intrusive trauma-related memories in a safe and structured manner designed to reduce emotional arousal and facilitate processing of trauma-related memories.

BEHAVIORAL

Prolonged Exposure therapy + VR/ER

The therapy includes repeated exposure to intrusive trauma-related memories in a safe and structured manner designed to reduce emotional arousal and facilitate processing of trauma-related memories and adding in virtual reality (VR)-based exposure to cues for marijuana, cocaine, heroin, cigarette, and/or alcohol use \& CER used outside treatment sessions in response to VR exposure (available 24 hours per day/7 days per week) to high-risk contexts for drug use

Trial Locations (1)

27710

Duke University Medical Center, Durham

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

United States Department of Defense

FED

collaborator

Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center

OTHER

lead

Duke University

OTHER