Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 138-146

  Diemer, Julia ^a   Pauli, Paul ^b   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Challenge procedures; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Eating disorders; Exposure treatment; Phobia; Psychophysiology; Psychotherapy; Substance related disorders; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043425449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.21070-2     Document Type: Chapter

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