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1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics ; v. 99 |
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Studies in health technology and informatics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Preface; Introduction; Contributors; Contents; Section I. Cybertherapy Rationale: Advantages of New Technologies for Clinical Psychology; Chapter 1. Cybertherapy in Practice: The VEPSY Updated Project; Chapter 2. New Tools in Cybertherapy: the VEPSY Website; Chapter 3. Virtual Reality and Psychotherapy; Chapter 4. Virtual Interaction in Cognitive Neuropsychology; Section II. Cybertherapy Experiences: Clinical Trials in the Treatment of Mental Disorders; Chapter 5. The Use of VR in the Treatment of Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia |
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Chapter 6. Virtual Reality Exposure in the Treatment of Social PhobiaChapter 7. The Use of VR in the Treatment of Eating Disorders; Chapter 8. Male Sexual Dysfunctions: Immersive Virtual Reality and Multimedia Therapy; Section III. Cybertherapy Technology: Advanced Tools for Clinical Psychology; Chapter 9. New Technologies for Providing Remote Psychological Treatments; Chapter 10. Technological Background of VR; Section IV. Cybertherapy Ergonomics: How to Design Effective Cybertherapy Tools; Chapter 11. Ergonomics of Virtual Environments for Clinical Use |
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Chapter 12. An Integrated Approach to the Ergonomic Analysis of VR in Psychotherapy: Panic Disorders, Agoraphobia and Eating DisordersSection V. The Future of Cybertherapy: New Scenarios and Applications; Chapter 13. Immersive Virtual Telepresence: Virtual Reality Meets eHealth; Chapter 14. The Future of Cybertherapy: Improved Options with Advanced Technologies; Author Index |
| Summary |
Cybertherapy, the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet and shared virtual reality, is used for two reasons: either because there is no alternative, or because it is in some sense better than traditional medicine. Nevertheless, the benefits of cybertherapy, due to the variety of its applications and their uneven development, are not self-evident. However, the emergence of cybertherapy is supporting the cost-effectiveness of certain applications, such as assessment, rehabilitation and therapy in clinical psychology and neuroscience. Its key advantage is the possibility of sha |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Virtual reality in medicine.
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Internet in medicine.
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Clinical psychology.
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Neurosciences.
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Virtual reality therapy.
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Psychology, Clinical
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Neurosciences
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Clinical psychology.
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Internet in medicine.
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Neurosciences.
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Virtual reality in medicine.
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Virtual reality therapy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Légeron, P
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Optale, G
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| ISBN |
9781601294166 |
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1601294166 |
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