Tratamiento mediante realidad virtual para la fobia a volar: un estudio de caso Treatment of fear of flying by means of virtual reality: a case report

Virtual reality (VR) is having a great impact on several aspects of health, par ticularly on the psychological treatment. This paper focuses on the VR useful ness for the treatment of the fear of flying. Psychological interventions based on exposure therapy have proved effective. Nevertheless, given the nature of this disorder, these interventions have important constraints, namely they may become costly in terms of time, money and effort. VR helps overcome these

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