Virtual reality exposure therapy for fear of driving: analysis of clinical characteristics, physiological response, and sense of presence

Objective: To investigate the reactions of women with driving phobia to a therapeutic program of scheduled virtual reality exposure treatment (VRET) sessions. Methods: The study intervention consisted of a computer game with car-driving scenarios that included several traffic situations. We investi...

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Main Authors: Rafael T. da Costa, Marcele R. de Carvalho, Pedro Ribeiro, Antonio E. Nardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2018-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005002103&lng=en&tlng=en