Bio-phobias/techno-philias: Virtual reality exposure as treatment for phobias of 'nature'

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-661

  Davidson, Joyce ^a   Smith, Mick ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Nature culture; Phobias biophobias; Social space; Therapy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; PHOBIA; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING; MASS MEDIA; NATURE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0141993803     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00363     Document Type: Review

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