Virtual reality and psychotherapy

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 99, Issue , 2004, Pages 37-54

  Botella, Cristina ^a   Quero, Soledad ^a   Baños, Rosa M ^b   Perpiña, Conxa ^b   García Palacios, Azucena ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EATING DISORDERS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; GRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC TOOLS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; ITALY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 14744305873     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-943-1-37     Document Type: Article

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