TY - CHAP
T1 - Current trends and future directions for virtual reality enhanced psychotherapy
AU - Safir, Marilyn P.
AU - Wallach, Helene S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - To date, the best treatment regimens for a wide range of psychological disorders have been found to be Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). However, difficulties arise with various components of CBT, for example, lack of therapist control and loss of confidentiality in the exposure component. Virtual Reality CBT (VRCBT) is a new and effective technology that overcomes these difficulties. VRCBT has been used in therapy for various psychological disorders (phobias, eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, etc.) with promising results. In addition, new approaches in VR assisted Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy training are also being developed. This chapter presents an up to date review of these studies.
AB - To date, the best treatment regimens for a wide range of psychological disorders have been found to be Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). However, difficulties arise with various components of CBT, for example, lack of therapist control and loss of confidentiality in the exposure component. Virtual Reality CBT (VRCBT) is a new and effective technology that overcomes these difficulties. VRCBT has been used in therapy for various psychological disorders (phobias, eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, etc.) with promising results. In addition, new approaches in VR assisted Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy training are also being developed. This chapter presents an up to date review of these studies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952927750&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-17824-5_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-17824-5_3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:79952927750
SN - 9783642178238
T3 - Studies in Computational Intelligence
SP - 31
EP - 45
BT - Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 6. Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment
A2 - Brahnam, Sheryl
A2 - Lakhmi, Jain
ER -