The rapid progress in digitalization and automation have led to an accelerated growth in
healthcare, generating novel models that are creating new channels for rendering treatment …

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool in the field of mental health. Central to
this technology are immersive environments, which enable exposure to highly controlled …

Rationale Women pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic are experiencing moderate to
high levels of emotional distress, which has previously been shown to be attributable to two …

Distressing voices are a core symptom of psychosis, for which existing treatments are
currently suboptimal; as such, new effective treatments for distressing voices are needed …

BackgroundCurrently there is no first-line treatment recommended for the negative
symptoms of schizophrenia. Psychosocial and behavioural interventions are widely used to …

Due to the increasing amount of new information that is emerging about COVID-19,
traditional and web-based information sources are commonly used to spread and seek …

During the initial months of the Covid-19 pandemic, credentialed experts—scientists,
doctors, public health experts, and policymakers—as well as members of the public and …

Background: COVID-19 has greatly attacked China, spreading in the whole world. Articles
were posted on many official WeChat accounts to transmit health information about this …

Introduction Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term for virtual reality (VR) and augmented
reality (AR), both novel vectors for therapeutic intervention modalities. In VR, head-mounted …

Problem The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly challenged maternity provision
internationally. Rapid and radical changes were implemented, with midwives facing anxiety …