Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder Using Online Virtual Environments in Second Life

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Yuen, Erica K ^a,b   Herbert, James D ^b   Forman, Evan M ^b   Goetter, Elizabeth M ^b   Comer, Ronald ^b   Bradley, Jean Claude ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Second Life; Social anxiety; Telehealth; Telepsychology; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABILITY; ACCEPTANCE BASED BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRONICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF REPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872289268     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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