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Keep this study
Lead
Emory University
Age
21–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Participants will be 60 males and females between ages of 21 and 65.
2. Participants must meet DSM-V criteria for PTSD due to exposure to a trauma while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan and Operation New Dawn.
3. Patients must be literate in English.
4. Patients must be medically healthy or medically stable such that the stress of VR and DEX are not contraindicated.
5. Participants must comprehend his or her role in the study and the risks involved in order to be entered.
You may not be if
1. Patients with a history of mania, schizophrenia, or other psychoses;
2. Patients with prominent suicidal ideation;
3. Patients with current alcohol or drug dependence;
4. Patients unable to tolerate wearing the VR helmet;
5. Patients unwilling to take study medication;
6. Patients on psychotropic medication(s) must have been on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks prior to beginning the study and must agree not to change their current medication regimen throughout the course of the study. The concomitant use of psychotropic medications will be recorded and examined in data analyses.
7. Patients with special medical conditions such as pregnancy, renal insufficiency, or a history of significant head injury
8. Active medical disorders contributing to psychiatric sx e.g. hypo or hyperthyroidism, SLE, advanced cirrhosis, etc. (per clinical judgment of study physician)
9. Patients stabilized on potentially data-obscuring medications (glucocorticoids).
