(Huffington Post) Alexis Sobel Fitts - A recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry explores an alternative PTSD treatment delivered via computer. The study tested "attention control therapy" to help neutralize the hyper-vigilance shown by PTSD sufferers by forcing test subjects to redirect their attention to completing a task, even though they'd just seen something threatening. Led by Yair Bar-Haim at Tel Aviv University, a team of researchers worked with former members of the U.S. and Israeli military who suffered from PTSD. The participants showed significantly diminished PTSD symptoms after completing the therapy.
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