ERIC Number: EJ855421
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
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An Adaptive Display to Treat Stress-Related Disorders: EMMA's World
Banos, R. M.; Botella, C.; Guillen, V.; Garcia-Palacios, A.; Quero, S.; Breton-Lopez, J.; Alcaniz, M.
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v37 n3 p347-356 Aug 2009
Most of the virtual environments currently available in the field of psychological treatments were designed to solve a specific problem. Our research group has developed a versatile virtual reality system (an adaptive display) called "EMMA's world", which can address a wide range of problems. It was designed to assist in clinical situations where a person has suffered a stressful experience, for example post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and pathological grief. To accomplish therapeutic goals, a series of emotional virtual elements are used and personalised so that they are meaningful to the user and contain the fundamental emotional elements that the person must confront. Effectiveness data relating to the system for stress-related disorders are presented. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotional Disturbances, Grief, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis
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Language: English
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