Getting Real about Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Department of Defense: Augmenting Exposure Therapy through Virtual Reality
By: Jennifer Walters and Deborah Beidel
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v8i1.321 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 97
Submitted on: Nov 19, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 24, 2021
Published on: Jan 28, 2022
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
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