Reducing specific phobia/fear in young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) through a virtual reality environment intervention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Maskey, Morag ^a   Lowry, Jessica ^a   Rodgers, Jacqui ^a   McConachie, Helen ^a   Parr, Jeremy R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84903758488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100374     Document Type: Article

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