Virtual Reality for Psychological and Neurocognitive Interventions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This exciting collection tours virtual reality in both its current therapeutic forms and its potential to transform a wide range of medical and mental health-related fields. Extensive findings track the contributions of VR devices, systems, and methods to accurate assessment, evidence-based and client-centered treatment methods, and-as described in a stimulating discussion of virtual patient technologies-innovative clinical training. Immersive digital technologies are shown enhancing opportunities for patients to react to situations, therapists to process patients' physiological responses, and scientists to have greater control over test conditions and access to results. Expert coverage details leading-edge applications of VR across a broad spectrum of psychological and neurocognitive conditions, including: Treating anxiety disorders and PTSD. Treating developmental and learning disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Assessment of and rehabilitation from stroke and traumatic brain injuries. Assessment and treatment of substance abuse. Assessment of deviant sexual interests. Treating obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Augmenting learning skills for blind persons. Readable and relevant, Virtual Reality for Psychological and Neurocognitive Interventions is an essential idea book for neuropsychologists, rehabilitation specialists (including physical, speech, vocational, and occupational therapists), and neurologists. Researchers across the behavioral and social sciences will find it a roadmap toward new and emerging areas of study.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Virtual Reality Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Albert "Skip" Rizzo • Stephane Bouchard
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	415
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-9480-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Rehabilitation Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Health psychology
LSN:	1-4939-9480-8
Barcode:	9781493994809

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