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Virtual reality treatment of claustrophobia: a case report
C Botella1, R M Baños, C Perpiñá
1Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universidad Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
Behaviour Research and Therapy
|June 5, 1998
Abstract:
The efficacy of a treatment for claustrophobia using only Virtual Reality (VR) exposure was examined. The subject was a 43-year-old female who suffered from clinically significant distress and impairment and sought psychological therapy. Eight individual VR graded exposure sessions were conducted. All self-report measures were reduced following VR exposure and were maintained at one month follow-up. The necessity of a theoretical framework for this new medium for exposure therapy is discussed.