Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 6. Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brahnam, Sheryl (Editor), Jain, Lakhmi C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 337
• Subjects: Engineering.; Health informatics.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational intelligence.; Biomedical engineering.; Computational Intelligence.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Biomedical Engineering.; Health Informatics.

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 sys...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Virtual Reality Supporting Psychological Health
• Current Trends and Future Directions for Virtual Reality Enhanced Psychotherapy
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders:  The State of the Art
• Virtual reality as a Tool for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review
• Virtual reality and the training of military personnel to cope with acute stressors
• How Can Presence in Psychotherapy Employing VR be increased?
• The Healing Potential of Online Virtual Worlds .-  Virtual Reality and Serious Games in Healthcare 
• Development and Evaluation of a Mixed Reality System for Stroke Rehabilitation . .