Review of virtual reality treatment for mental health

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 820-824

  Gourlay, D ^a   Lun, K C ^a   Liya, Guan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cognitive rehabilitation; daily living skills; desensitization; mental health; phobias; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DAILY LIVING; DESENSITIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PHOBIAS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84888048009     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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