Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Small Samples and No Controls?

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Sarah Page et al. Front Psychol. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 11:7:326.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00326. eCollection 2016.

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Keywords: anxiety; control; exposure therapy; post-traumatic stress disorder; sample size; virtual reality.

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