Advances in virtual reality and anxiety disorders [electronic resource] / Brenda K. Wiederhold, Stephane Bouchard.
Wiederhold, B. K., author.; Bouchard, Stéphane, author.
2014
RC489.V57
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Title Advances in virtual reality and anxiety disorders [electronic resource] / Brenda K. Wiederhold, Stephane Bouchard.
Author Wiederhold, B. K., author.
ISBN 9781489980236 electronic book
1489980237 electronic book
9781489980229
1489980229
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-8023-6
Published New York : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-1-4899-8023-6 doi
Call Number RC489.V57
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.8522
Summary The interactive computer-generated world of virtual reality has been successful in treat?ing phobias and other anxiety-related conditions, in part because of its distinct advan?tages over traditional in vivo exposure. Yet many clinicians still think of VR technology as it was in the 1990s?bulky, costly, technically difficult?with little knowledge of its evolution toward more modern, evidence-based, practice-friendly treatment. These updates, and their clinical usefulness, are the subject of Advances in Virtual Re?ality and Anxiety Disorders, a timely guidebook geared toward integrating up-to-date VR methods into everyday practice. Introductory material covers key virtual reality concepts, provides a brief history of VR as used in therapy for anxiety disorders, ad?dresses the concept of presence, and explains the side effects, known as cybersickness, that affect a small percentage of clients. Chapters in the book's main section detail current techniques and review study findings for using VR in the treatment of: · Claustrophobia. · Panic disorder, agoraphobia, and driving phobia. · Acrophobia and aviophobia. · Arachnophobia. · Social phobia. · Generalized anxiety disorder and OCD. · PTSD. · Plus clinical guidelines for establishing a VR clinic. An in-depth framework for effective (and cost-effective) therapeutic innovations for entrenched problems, Advances in Virtual Reality and Anxiety Disorders will find an engaged audience among psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and mental health counselors.eractive computer-generated world of virtual reality has been successful in treating phobias and other anxiety-related conditions, in part because of its distinct advantages over traditional in vivo exposure. Yet many clinicians still think of VR technology as it was in the 1990s?bulky, costly, technically difficult?with little knowledge of its evolution toward more modern, evidence-based, practice-friendly treatment.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Bouchard, Stéphane, author.
Series Series in anxiety and related disorders.
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Part I: Introduction
Presence
Sickness in Virtual Reality
Part II: Fear of Flying (Aviophobia): Efficacy and methodological lessons from outcome trials
Arachnophobia and Fear of Other Insects: Efficacy and lessons learned from treatment process
Fear of Heights (Acrophobia): Efficacy and lessons learned from psychophysiological data
Claustrophobia: Efficacy and treatment protocals
Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia and Driving Phobia: Lessons learned from efficacy studies
Social Anxiety Disorder: Efficacy and virtual humans
Virtual Reality for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Efficacy and the Development of Virtual Environments
Part III: A Case Example of a Virtual Reality Clinic
Conclusions: The present and future of Virtual Reality in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders.

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