The use of virtual reality in craving assessment and cue-exposure therapy in substance use disorders

Craving is recognized as an important diagnosis criterion for substance use disorders (SUDs) and a predictive factor of relapse. Various methods to study craving exist, however, suppressing craving to successfully promote abstinence remains an unmet clinical need in SUDs. One reason is that social a...

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Main Authors: Antoine eHone-Blanchet, Tobias eWensing, Shirley eFecteau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00844/full