Soldiers revisit Iraq in virtual reality

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070617/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_iraq;_ylt=ArANb.h8nMzvxYRklXTMWWzMWM0F

Soldiers revisit Iraq in virtual reality

Sun Jun 17, 3:27 PM ET

ATLANTA - Scientists hope a high-tech virtual experience that mimics the battlegrounds of
Iraq can be used to help veterans recover from the trauma of war.

The Emory University study is designed to help find a new way to reduce or eliminate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition that plagues up to one-third of Iraq War veterans.

Virtual reality "exposure" therapy has been used to battle post-traumatic stress for a decade. The Emory study of 150 soldiers with PTSD is trying to prove that virtual reality can work better and faster when subjects take a drug once widely used to treat tuberculosis.

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And one pill makes you small
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Don't do anything at all
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When she's ten feet tall

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And you know you're going to fall
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