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Virtual Reality Interventions in Mental Health (125) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1081) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (572) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1565) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1392) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (438) Reviews in Digital Mental Health (247) Innovations in Mental Health Systems (398) Digital Health Reviews (1326) Reviews on XR and Spatial Computing (32)

Published on in Vol 8, No 9 (2021): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29681, first published .
Virtual Reality for Supporting the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Scoping Review

Virtual Reality for Supporting the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Scoping Review

Virtual Reality for Supporting the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Scoping Review

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Nilufar Baghaei1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vibhav Chitale1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrej Hlasnik2 Author Orcid Image ;   Lehan Stemmet3 Author Orcid Image ;   Hai-Ning Liang4 Author Orcid Image ;   Richard Porter5 Author Orcid Image
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