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successfullytoVirtualRealityExposureTherapy(VRET). Aswell,anumberofclinical trials have also further supported its clinical efficacy (see recommended readings at the end of the chapter).
BRAVEMIND allows clinicians to gradually immerse patients into any of 14 virtual Iraq and Afghanistan environments representative of contexts where they experienced trauma in a controlled, stepwise fashion by providing the capability to control multi- sensory emotional stimuli and monitor the intensity of the patients’ stress responses via psychophysiological assessment techniques (see Figures 1-7).
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