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Virtual Reality Interventions in Mental Health (181) Evaluation of XR and Spatial Computing (88) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (793) Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions (216) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2237) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (672) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1364) Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (65)

Published on in Vol 11 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/56235, first published .
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Reducing School Anxiety in Adolescents: Pilot Study

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Reducing School Anxiety in Adolescents: Pilot Study

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Reducing School Anxiety in Adolescents: Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Gesa Beele1 Author Orcid Image ;   Paula Liesong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sabine Bojanowski1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kristian Hildebrand2 Author Orcid Image ;   Malte Weingart2 Author Orcid Image ;   Julia Asbrand3 Author Orcid Image ;   Christoph U Correll1, 4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Nexhmedin Morina6 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter J Uhlhaas1, 7 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Aggarwal A, Amrutha K, Smera C. 2025 5th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Wireless Communications (ICMNWC). The Efficacy of Augmented and Virtual Reality Exposure in Reducing Diverse Phobias: A Comparative Study View