Virtual reality therapy: On your desktop today

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 20-22

  Luo, John S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (AATP)   (United States)

^c AATP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIQUID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITOR; PHOBIA; SHORT SURVEY; TELEMEDICINE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 34248185556     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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