Treatment of complicated grief using virtual reality: A case report

Death Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 674-692

  Botella, C ^a   Osma, J ^a   Palacios, A Garcia ^a   Guillen, V ^b   Banos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b PREVI Clinical Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMOTION; GRIEF; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EMOTIONS; GRIEF; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 49449117968     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802231319     Document Type: Article

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