Attention-control video game curbs combat vets’ PTSD symptoms

24 July 2015

A computerized attention-control training program significantly reduced combat veterans’ preoccupation with – or avoidance of — threat and attendant PTSD symptoms. By contrast, another type of computerized training, called attention bias modification – which has proven helpful in treating anxiety disorders – did not reduce PTSD symptoms. Researchers conducted parallel trials in which the two treatments were tested in US and Israeli combat veterans.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/TVRMTdZDdrk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/
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