Looking for VR-treated Marines

[NYer]

Hi,

I am looking for Marines who have tried virtual reality (either Virtual Iraq or Virtual Vietnam) as a PTSD treatment. I'm working on an article for The New Yorker magazine about VR for PTSD and would like to talk to Marines who have been given this treatment option. (There aren't a lot of you since it's only available at a couple of hospitals right now--SD Naval Hospital, WRAMC, the Manhattan VA and a few other places). I don't need to use names, but it would be helpful to have real stories about this kind of treatment to get the word out.

I can be reached at: suehalpern@gmail.com


Thanks a lot.

sue

[ttracker65]

try the VA hospital Tohma Wisconsin they have a VR program and I believe a return home program as well as Trama Trac all geared for PTSD

[NYer]

Dear Tracker,

Thanks for the info. I'm looking to talk to anyone who has been through VR therapy. The VA won't give out the information because of privacy issues, so I've been hoping if someone on Leatherneck has done it, we could bypass the bureaucracy.

Thanks for your help with this.

Nyer

[ttracker65]

I have PTSD T group next week and I will see if I can find you a "volenteer"
good luck on your research.

[NYer]

Dear Tracker,

That would be great. it's really new so there aren't many who have done it. But I'm also interested in talking to anyone who decided not to do it, too.

Thanks. I'll wait to hear from you--

NYer

[ttracker65]

NYer you do need to post a profile:D

[Jim Oliver]

Nyer,

Try Alexis Nusbaum at the VA in Baltimore, Md. she was in on the ground floor of getting the VR progam started.