Extinction-Based Exposure Therapies Using Virtual Reality.
Anxiety, Extinction learning, PTSD, Specific phobia, Translational science, Virtual reality
Journal
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences
ISSN: 1866-3370
Titre abrégé: Curr Top Behav Neurosci
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101535383
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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Résumé
The focus of this chapter is an overview of integrating virtual reality (VR) technology within the context of exposure therapy for anxiety disorders, a gold standard treatment, with a focus on how VR can help facilitate extinction learning processes integral to these interventions. The chapter will include an overview of advantages of incorporating VR within exposure therapy, and benefits specifically within an inhibitory learning approach for extinction training. A review of the empirical literature on the effectiveness of VR exposure therapy for specific phobia and PTSD will be provided, as well as practical overview of how to effectively incorporate VR within exposure therapy.
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pubmed: 37566312
doi: 10.1007/7854_2023_437
doi:
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Journal Article
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eng
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Pagination
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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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