Systems and methods for treating patients with an anxiety disorder aredisclosed. The systems comprise a screen fordisplaying sets of stimuli, a computer to control the display of stimuli ontothe screen during at least one treatment session and theability for the patient to interact with the screen in response to thedisplayed stimuli. The interaction of the patient with the systemduring the treatment session is capable of treating patient anxiety associatedwith an anxiety disorder, such as social anxiety. Alsoprovided are computer programs capable of being used in the systems andmethods of the present invention for treating anxiety.
