Barbara Rothbaum
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Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D., is a psychologist at Emory University
School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia
. She is a professor in the Psychiatry department.
Dr. Rothbaum is head of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program (TARP) at Emory. In the mid-1990s she founded a Virtual exposure therapy company called Virtually Better, Inc. This company treats patients with anxiety disorders, addictions, pain, and the like using virtual reality instead of the actual place or scenario. It also allows the therapist to control the environment. She also played a key role in the development of the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Dr. Rothbaum was president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
http://www.istss.org(ISTSS). Her term ended in late 2005.
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. She is a professor in the Psychiatry department.
Dr. Rothbaum is head of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program (TARP) at Emory. In the mid-1990s she founded a Virtual exposure therapy company called Virtually Better, Inc. This company treats patients with anxiety disorders, addictions, pain, and the like using virtual reality instead of the actual place or scenario. It also allows the therapist to control the environment. She also played a key role in the development of the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Dr. Rothbaum was president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, , was established on March 2, 1985 in Washington, D.C. for professionals to share information about the effects of trauma...
http://www.istss.org(ISTSS). Her term ended in late 2005.
See also
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- Prolonged exposure therapyProlonged exposure therapyProlonged exposure therapy is a form of behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, characterized by re-experiencing the traumatic event through remembering it and engaging with, rather than avoiding, reminders of the trauma...
, exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder - List of persons associated with Emory University
- List of psychologists
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
External links
- Virtually Better, Inc
- ISTSS
- Emory University
- Emory Healthcare
- Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory University