Virtual reality therapy in mental health

PMG Emmelkamp, K Meyerbröker - Annual review of clinical …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Initially designed for the treatment of phobias, the use of virtual reality in phobic disorders
has expanded to other mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality in the diagnostic and therapy for mental disorders: A systematic review

A Wiebe, K Kannen, B Selaskowski, A Mehren… - Clinical Psychology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in
the diagnostics and treatment of mental disorders. Objective To systematically review the …

Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

E Carl, AT Stein, A Levihn-Coon, JR Pogue… - Journal of anxiety …, 2019 - Elsevier
Trials of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) for anxiety-related disorders have
proliferated in number and diversity since our previous meta-analysis that examined 13 total …

The use of virtual reality technology in the treatment of anxiety and other psychiatric disorders

JL Maples-Keller, BE Bunnell, SJ Kim… - Harvard review of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Virtual reality (VR) allows users to experience a sense of presence in a computer-generated,
three-dimensional environment. Sensory information is delivered through a head-mounted …

Inferiority or even superiority of virtual reality exposure therapy in phobias?—A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials …

TF Wechsler, F Kümpers, A Mühlberger - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Convincing evidence on Virtual Reality (VR) exposure for phobic anxiety
disorders has been reported, however, the benchmark and golden standard for phobia …

The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: a review of research in virtual reality

J Diemer, GW Alpers, HM Peperkorn, Y Shiban… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Virtual reality (VR) has made its way into mainstream psychological research in the last two
decades. This technology, with its unique ability to simulate complex, real situations and …

Stress research during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

LS Pfeifer, K Heyers, S Ocklenburg, OT Wolf - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic confronts stress researchers in psychology and neuroscience with
unique challenges. Widely used experimental paradigms such as the Trier Social Stress …

Affective outcomes of virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety and specific phobias: A meta-analysis

TD Parsons, AA Rizzo - Journal of behavior therapy and experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an increasingly common treatment for anxiety and
specific phobias. Lacking is a quantitative meta-analysis that enhances understanding of the …

Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis

MB Powers, PMG Emmelkamp - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2008 - Elsevier
There is now a substantial literature investigating virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as
a viable treatment option for anxiety disorders. In this meta-analysis we provide effect size …

A review of technology-assisted self-help and minimal contact therapies for anxiety and depression: is human contact necessary for therapeutic efficacy?

MG Newman, LE Szkodny, SJ Llera… - Clinical psychology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Technology-based self-help and minimal contact therapies have been proposed as effective
and low-cost interventions for anxiety and mood disorders. The present article reviews the …