Interreality: The experiential use of technology in the treatment of obesity

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-61

  Riva, G ^a,b   Wiederhold, B K ^a,c   Mantovani, F ^d   Gaggioli, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Experiential therapies; Interreality; Obesity; Smartphones; Virtual communities; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; PHONEME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SIMULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84857988691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901107010051     Document Type: Article

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