Is virtual reality effective to motivate and raise interest in phobic children toward therapy? A clinical trial study of in vivo with in virtuo versus in vivo only treatment exposure

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 924-931

  St Jacques, Julie ^a   Bouchard, Stéphane ^b   Bélanger, Claude ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77955295979     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04822blu     Document Type: Article

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