The Application of Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy
Tao Li · Zhongguo linchuang xinlixue zazhi · 2005
Virtual Reality (VR) is a complex user interface that includes simulations in real time through multiple sensorial channels. These sensorial modalities are visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory etc.. Many foreign clinical psychologists have used VR to treat anxiety disorders and other mental disorders and have got some good effects. The history of development and application of VR in anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and sexual dysfunction were introduced in this article. The characters of VR are analyzed and the future development of VR is forecasted here.