Virtual reality in the treatment of body image disturbances after bariatric surgery: A clinical case

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-282

  Riva, Giuseppe ^a   Cárdenas López, Georgina ^c   Duran, Ximena ^c   Torres Villalobos, Gonzalo M ^d   Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allocentric lock theory; Bariatric surgery; Body image dissatisfaction; Clinical case; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; METHODOLOGY; MORBID OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; NUTRITION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALLOCENTRIC LOCK THEORY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT LOSS;

SURGERY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872040543     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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