Virtual reality for enhancing the cognitive behavioral treatment of obesity with binge eating disorder: Randomized controlled study with one-year follow-up

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cesa, Gian Luca ^a,b   Manzoni, Gian Mauro ^a,c   Bacchetta, Monica ^a   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^a,c   Conti, Sara ^a   Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,c   Mantovani, Fabrizia ^d   Molinari, Enrico ^a,c   Cárdenas López, Georgina ^e   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Privato Accreditato   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allocentric lock hypothesis; Binge eating disorders; Obesity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALLOCENTRIC LOCK HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALLOCENTRIC LOCK HYPOTHESIS; BINGE EATING DISORDERS; OBESITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; OBESITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84881060599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2441     Document Type: Article

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