1. Virtual reality for the treatment of emotional disorders: a review
- Author
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Quero Castellano, Soledad, Botella Arbona, Cristina, Guillén Botella, Verónica, Molés, Mar, Nebot, Sara, García-Palacios, Azucena, and Baños Rivera, Rosa María
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Clinical Psychology ,Psychological treatments ,Emotional disorders ,Virtual reality - Abstract
At this moment a great expansion of Information and Communications Technologies such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality is taking place in several fields, including the psychological treatments field. These technologies help the patient both to confront his/her problems in a meaningful yet controlled and safe setting. Further, they open the possibility of experiencing his/her life in another, more satisfactory, way. There are already data on the effectiveness of these procedures for the treatment of different psychological disorders. In the present work a review of the different studies made in this field for emotional disorders is presented. Besides, the advantages and disadvantages of VR, and the future lines of work concerning these technologies are also analysed.
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- 2012