Virtual reality for posttraumatic stress disorder and stress inoculation training

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-36

  Wiederhold, Brenda K ^a   Wiederhold, Mark D ^b  

^a Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

^b VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 57749088357     PISSN: 17849934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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