Could virtual reality be effective in treating children with phobias?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-213

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Cognitive behavior therapy; Exposure therapy; Phobia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MOTIVATION; PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPIDER; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79951655992     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.196     Document Type: Article

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