Overview
- Recent research on Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment
- Presents Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare
- Written by leading experts in the field
Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 337)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Neurological Assessment
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Part 1: Virtual Reality and Psychotherapy
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Part 2: Virtual Reality and Rehabilitation
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Part 3: Virtual Reality and Assessment
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About this book
This volume presents the latest research in Virtual Reality (VR), as it is being applied in psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and the analysis of behaviour for neurological assessment. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field and to those who are interested in the development of VR systems for therapeutic purposes. The contents include:
·        The latest literature reviews on VR in psychotherapy, psychological wellbeing, and rehabilitation
·        VR and cognitive behavior therapy
·        Increasing presence in VR for effective exposure therapy and treatment of anxiety disorders
·        VR military training for managing combat stress and preventing post traumatic stress
·        VR, mixed reality systems, and games for stroke rehabilitation
·        VR systems for improving vision in children with amblyopia
·        Therapeutic play in virtual environments
·        Healing potential of online virtual worlds such as Second Life
·        Neuropsychological assessment using virtual environments
·        Detailed accounts on how VR systems are designed, implemented, and best evaluated
·        Discussions of limitations, problems, and ethical concerns using VR in mental and physical therapy
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 6
Book Subtitle: Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment
Editors: Sheryl Brahnam, Lakhmi C. Jain
Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17824-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-17823-8Published: 06 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44624-5Published: 11 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-17824-5Published: 11 March 2011
Series ISSN: 1860-949X
Series E-ISSN: 1860-9503
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 291
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Health Informatics