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Slideshow: VR Goggles Heal Scars of War

Shell-shocked Iraq vets are treated with an experimental virtual-reality system that re-creates combat trauma. One military psychologist says it's the most effective healing tool he's ever used. Xeni Jardin gets a tour.
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The clinician can control what happens in each situation, increasing or decreasing the stress level the patient experiences.Courtesy of Institute for Creative Technologies

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The entire combat environment is modeled to add to the realism of the simulation.

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Dr. Skip Rizzo shows off the virtual-reality goggles that enable his post-traumatic stress disorder therapy. Skull not included.

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, puts the patient back into combat situations.

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