Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience

Cybertherapy, the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet and shared virtual reality, is used for two reasons: either because there is no alternative, or because it is in some sense better than traditional medicine. The benefits of cybertherapy, due to the variety of its application...

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Những tác giả chính: Riva, G, Botella, C
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-358882014-01-19T23:25:25Z Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience Riva, G Botella, C Clinical psychology Data processing Cybertherapy, the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet and shared virtual reality, is used for two reasons: either because there is no alternative, or because it is in some sense better than traditional medicine. The benefits of cybertherapy, due to the variety of its applications and their uneven development, are not self-evident. Its key advantage is the possibility of sharing different media and different health care tools in a simple to use and easily accessible interface. To date, some cybertherapy applications have improved the quality of health care, and they may in future lead to substantial cost savings. However, cybertherapy is not simply a technology but a complex technological and relational process. In this sense, clinicians and healthcare providers that want to successfully exploit cybertherapy need to give significant attention to clinical issues, technology, ergonomics, human factors and organizational changes in the structure of the relevant health service. The goal of this volume is to analyze the processes by which cybertherapy applications will contribute to the delivery of state-of-the-art health services. Particular attention is given to the clinical use of virtual reality technology. More specifically, this volume aims at supporting clinicians and scientists, interested in the cybertherapy innovative approach, providing them with clinical protocols for the treatment of eating disorders, social phobias, panic disorders and sexual dysfunctions. 2013-11-18T02:39:29Z 2013-11-18T02:39:29Z 2004 Book https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/35888 en application/pdf IOS
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Riva, G
Botella, C
Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
description Cybertherapy, the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet and shared virtual reality, is used for two reasons: either because there is no alternative, or because it is in some sense better than traditional medicine. The benefits of cybertherapy, due to the variety of its applications and their uneven development, are not self-evident. Its key advantage is the possibility of sharing different media and different health care tools in a simple to use and easily accessible interface. To date, some cybertherapy applications have improved the quality of health care, and they may in future lead to substantial cost savings. However, cybertherapy is not simply a technology but a complex technological and relational process. In this sense, clinicians and healthcare providers that want to successfully exploit cybertherapy need to give significant attention to clinical issues, technology, ergonomics, human factors and organizational changes in the structure of the relevant health service. The goal of this volume is to analyze the processes by which cybertherapy applications will contribute to the delivery of state-of-the-art health services. Particular attention is given to the clinical use of virtual reality technology. More specifically, this volume aims at supporting clinicians and scientists, interested in the cybertherapy innovative approach, providing them with clinical protocols for the treatment of eating disorders, social phobias, panic disorders and sexual dysfunctions.
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title Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
title_short Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
title_full Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
title_fullStr Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
title_full_unstemmed Cybertherapy: Internet and virtual reality as assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical psychology and neuroscience
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