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If you build it, they will come.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the saying that comes to mind when thinking of a facility dedicated to treating anxiety, trauma and PTSD. But it\u2019s been the case for UCF RESTORES, a one-of-a-kind clinic founded by Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you get over a fear of driving? You have to drive,\u201d said Beidel.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the mentality applied in the intensive outpatient format she and her staff use. Using virtual reality, patients are confronted with triggers from combat. They see bombs detonate, smell smoke and experience gunfire. It takes them back to the front lines in Iraq or Afghanistan, but instead patients are safely on UCF\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

The patients experience the virtual-reality therapy five days a week for three consecutive weeks\u2014a format avoided in the past for its intensity. It\u2019s a stark contrast from what\u2019s the norm in PTSD therapy. Combined with daily group-therapy sessions on anger management, depression and socialization, the results speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

Sixty-six percent of the first 100 patients treated at UCF RESTORES no longer had symptoms of PTSD after the three-week treatment, and six months later, only one patient had relapsed. Only 2 percent of patients dropped out of therapy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have military personnel seeking us out from not only all-around Florida, but all over the U.S.,\u201d said Beidel. \u201cOne veteran literally used his last dollar to buy a plane ticket to come to Florida. He walked to our clinic from the airport. If that doesn\u2019t show we\u2019re providing a needed service, I don\u2019t know what would.\u201d<\/p>\n

On June 12, 2016, hours after a gunman walked in Pulse Nightclub, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50, the Orlando Fire Department called UCF RESTORES: We need you down here right now.<\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout the next week, UCF RESTORES staff conducted debriefings for the general community and for first responders. As the need for expanding and improving services grew, Beidel partnered with Clint Bowers, a fellow Pegasus professor and national expert in the area of training science, to expand treatment for first responders, including educational workshops on peer-support training.<\/p>\n

The clinic now has a\u00a0treatment program for first responders and mass shooting victims<\/a>. So far, the clinic has helped 100 first responders and dozens of victims of traumatic events, including shooting survivors of Pulse, Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to give people their lives back,\u201d says Beidel. \u201cThe trauma memory won\u2019t go away, but it shouldn\u2019t dictate every aspect of their life. And we will be here until no one else needs us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The clinic\u2019s research has\u00a0earned national praise<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0support<\/a>, including receiving part of the\u00a0largest alumni gift<\/a>\u00a0and being named the winner of the Spring 2018\u00a0Marchioli Collective Impact Innovation Award<\/a>\u00a0for creating community impacts through partnerships. Learn more about UCF RESTORES<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Written by Katie Wyche<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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