Computer simulation and virtual reality in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 413-417

  Gorrindo, Tristan ^a   Groves, James E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUPPORT GROUP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350176626     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.413     Document Type: Review

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