Virtual reality experiments linking social environment and psychosis: A pilot study

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 191-195

  Veling, Wim ^a,b   Brinkman, Willem Paul ^c   Dorrestijn, Emily ^a   Van Der Gaag, Mark ^a,d  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897801996     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0497     Document Type: Article

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