The role of presence in virtual reality exposure therapy

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 742-751

  Price, Matthew ^a   Anderson, Page ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Exposure therapy; Specific phobia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; FLYING; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PHOBIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; AIRCRAFT; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249329225     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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