Effects of virtual reality exposure therapy on anxiety symptoms and physiological measures among individuals experiencing claustrophobia.
Introduction: Innovative technologies, including virtual reality (VR), can be used for conducting VR exposure therapy (VRET) for individuals with psychiatric disorders, including claustrophobia. Unfortunately, there is a lack of studies on the effect of VR in treating claustrophobia in Arab countrie...
| Publicado en: | Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 1098 - 1107 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2024
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