Virtual Reality and Cellular Phones as a Complementary Intervention for Veterans with PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
The first year of this project has been fully devoted to hiring, training, and, most notably, integration of applications for regulatory approval across the Institutional Review Boards at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham Veteran'sAffairs Medical Center (Durham VAMC), and the USAMRMC. We have worked carefully with regulatory affairs officers in each of these settings, in an iterative effort to integrate the necessary requirements of each of these boards. This process has been characterized both by predictable delays (e .g., DUMC and USAMRMC human subject IRB deliberation and iterative revisions to the protocol) and unexpected challenges (i.e., Durham VAMCIRB has not yet approved recruitment of subjects for the protocol). At present, the protocol has been approved by the DUMC and USAMRMC pending approval from the Durham VAMC), and a third IRB protocol is under review at the Durham V AMC. Accordingly, the project will be ready for immediate subj ect recruitment once approved by the Durham VAMC.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA562172
Entities
People
- Mark Z. Rosenthal
Organizations
- Duke University Hospital