Interreality in practice: Bridging virtual and real worlds in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Riva, Giuseppe ^a   Raspelli, Simona ^a   Algeri, Davide ^a   Pallavicini, Federica ^a   Gorini, Alessandra ^a   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^b,c   Gaggioli, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

^c Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949766974     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0320     Document Type: Article

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