title: The UFRJ-UERJ group: interdisciplinary virtual reality experiments in neuropsychiatry.
abstract: This paper describes the research lines of an interdisciplinary group composed by two government universities in Rio de Janeiro. The first research line, a Virtual Environment for testing the acceptance of Virtual Reality equipment by schizophrenia patients, has stimulated a growing interest in this area in the country and abroad. The second research line, in progress now, develops a virtual environment to improve the learning abilities of children with Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Another study is related to the use of Virtual Reality in the cognitive treatment of common city phobias, beginning with the reproduction of some tunnels of our city to treatment of claustrophobic patients. The last of the research lines in progress in this group develops a virtual square for stimulating autistic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Universidade do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosa Maria E M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Luis Alfredo V
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: Ana Paula T
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wauke
authors.forename: Marcele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Sá Guimarães
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D014584:User-Computer Interface