Virtual reality as a mechanism for exposure therapy

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages 220-230

  Carvalho, Marcele Regine De ^a   Freire, Rafael C ^a   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behaviour therapy; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Exposure therapy; Panic disorder; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PANIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 77950812786     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622970802575985     Document Type: Review

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