Current status of virtual reality exposure therapy in anxiety disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-14

  Pull, Charles B ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Virtual reality; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 14744286052     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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