Background Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in
the diagnostics and treatment of mental disorders. Objective To systematically review the …

Background Patients with eating disorders are characterized by pathological eating habits
and a tendency to overestimate their weight and body shape. Virtual reality shows promise …

Background The development of virtual reality (VR) technology has the potential to provide
enormous opportunities for food and consumer behavior research to further explore current …

Augmented Reality is a new technological system that allows introducing virtual contents in
the real world in order to run in the same representation and, in real time, enhancing the …

The goal of the current study was to investigate the effects of different virtual environment
(VE) technologies (ie, desktop, head mounted display, or fully immersive platforms) on …

This article reviews research into the use of virtual reality in the study, assessment, and
treatment of body image disturbances in eating disorders and nonclinical samples. During …

Background Many researchers and clinicians have proposed using virtual reality (VR) in
adjunct to in vivo exposure therapy to provide an innovative form of exposure to patients …

Arguably one of the most important characteristics of virtual reality (VR) is its ability to induce
higher feelings of presence. Still, research has remained inconclusive on how presence is …

Background: The recent convergence between technology and medicine is offering
innovative methods and tools for behavioral health care. Among these, an emerging …

Exposure therapy is a widely used and effective form of treatment in anxiety disorders and
addictions but evidence for its usefulness in eating disorders (ED) is inconsistent. This paper …