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4/2024
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Virtual Reality-based mental health improvement program for students: solution or white elephant?

Sebastian Rutkowski
1
,
Magdalena Nowak
2
,
Aleksandra Nowakowska
2
,
Katarzyna Pazdan
3
,
Witold Pawełczyk
1
,
Alejandro Galán-Mercant
4
,
Anna Rutkowska
1

  1. Department of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland
  2. Descartes' Error Student Scientific Circle, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland
  3. Center for Psychological Support, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland
  4. Department of Nursing and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Physiotherapy Review, 2024, 28(4), 34-45
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/phr.2024.145975
Online publish date: 2024/12/20
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