Inducing an anxiety response using a contaminated virtual environment: Validation of a therapeutic tool for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Frontiers in ICT

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Laforest, Mylène ^a,b   Bouchard, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Crétu, Ana Maria ^b   Mesly, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l Outaouais   (Canada)

^d Universite Sainte Anne   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Exposure therapy; OCD; Therapeutic tool; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051888635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2297198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fict.2016.00018     Document Type: Article

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