Use of immersive virtual reality for treating anger

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Miyahira, Sarah D ^a   Folen, Raymond A ^b   Stetz, Melba ^b   Rizzo, Albert ^c   Kawasaki, Michelle M ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger treatment; Cue arousal; Presence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77952933706     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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