Studying and treating schizophrenia using virtual reality: A new paradigm

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 605-610

  Freeman, Daniel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delusions; Hallucinations; Schizophrenia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BLUNTED AFFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSION; DIZZINESS; EYE DISCOMFORT; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DELUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 46849088375     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn020     Document Type: Review

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