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Wirtualna Rzeczywistość (ang. Virtual Reality - VR) jako skuteczne narzędzie terapii fobii społecznej
Virtual Reality as an Effective Tool for Treating Social Phobia

Author(s): Małgorzata Kozłowska
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: Virtual Reality; Virtual Reality Therapy; Social Phobia Disorder; Specific Phobias; Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Summary/Abstract: The Social Phobia is one of the most common disorder ranging about 13% of population. Virtual Reality is well known and relatively ot en used tool of assessment and treatment of pho- bia in the western countries (especially in UK, France and USA), but not in Poland. Hence, the main objective of the article is to present Virtual Reality Therapy as an efficient sort of treatment, which brings out many advantages. The author shows many possibilities connected with using VR, types of VR and it’s application. The VRT by Klinger and her colleagues is instanced to show its operation.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 219-227
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish