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

Sheryl Brahnam

Springer, Mar 7, 2011 - 294 pages

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

Contents

• Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy Rehabilitation and Neurological Assessment: 1
• Virtual Reality and Psychotherapy: 10
• Virtual Reality and Rehabilitation: 167
• Virtual Reality and Assessment: 269
• Author Index: 290

About the author

Jain is director/founder of the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, located in the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Envvironment. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 6: Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation, and Assessment, Volume 6; Volume 337 of Studies in Computational Intelligence
• Author: Sheryl Brahnam
• Editors: Sheryl Brahnam, Lakhmi C. Jain
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer, 2011
• ISBN: 3642178235, 9783642178238
• Length: 294 pages
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computers / Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Mathematics / Applied; Medical / Administration; Medical / Biotechnology; Medical / General; Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General)