Outcomes associated with virtual reality in psychological interventions: where are we now?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 634-644

  Turner, Wesley A ^a   Casey, Leanne M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EHealth; Meta analysis; Review; Technology; Virtual reality; VR

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ANALGESIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84923874368     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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