The use of virtual reality in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5622 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 615-624

  Simms, Deanne C ^a   O'Donnell, Susan ^a   Molyneaux, Heather ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder; Treatment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE THERAPY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION; TREATMENT;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISEASES;

EID: 76649140097     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02771-0_68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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