Virtual reality treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder due to motor vehicle accident

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  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

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949693671     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0394     Document Type: Article

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