Feasibility of Virtual Reality Environments for Adolescent Social Anxiety Disorder

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 825-835

  Parrish, Danielle E ^a   Oxhandler, Holly K ^b   Duron, Jacuelynn F ^c   Swank, Paul ^a   Bordnick, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; social anxiety disorder; social phobia; treatment; virtual reality; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988878358     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731514568897     Document Type: Article

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