Clinically significant virtual environments for the treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-535

  Botella, Cristina ^a   Villa, Helena ^a   García Palacios, Azucena ^a   Baños, Rosa M ^b   Perpiñá, Concepción ^b   Alcañiz, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; PANIC; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGORAPHOBIA; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PANIC DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 8344240359     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2004.7.527     Document Type: Article

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