The therapeutic lamp: Treating small-animal phobias

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-86

  Wrzesien, Maja ^a   Alcañiz, Mariano ^a   Botella, Cristina ^b   Burkhardt, Jean Marie ^c   Bretón López, Juana ^b   Ortega, Mario ^a   Brotons, Daniel Beneito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports   (France)

Author keywords

anxiety; anxiety disorders; arachnophobia; augmented reality; cockroach phobia; computer graphics; phobia therapy; phobias; psychological treatment; spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARACHNOPHOBIA; COCKROACH PHOBIA; PHOBIA THERAPY; PHOBIAS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; SPIDER PHOBIA;

ANIMALS; AUGMENTED REALITY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; COCKROACH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; SELF CONCEPT; SPIDER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF EFFICACY; SPIDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872856742     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2013.12     Document Type: Article

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