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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2017

Review of Virtual Reality Treatment in Psychiatry: Evidence Versus Current Diffusion and Use.

Matthew C Mishkind, Aaron M Norr, Andrea C Katz, Greg M Reger

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Virtual reality relaxation for the general population: a systematic review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021
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  7. Neuroscience of Virtual Reality: From Virtual Exposure to Embodied Medicine.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2019
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  13. Virtual Pet-Assisted Therapy to Alleviate Symptoms of Long COVID: A Prospective Pilot Interventional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matthew C MishkindHelen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. matthew.mishkind@ucdenver.edu.
Aaron M NorrVA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.
Andrea C KatzVA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.
Greg M RegerVA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review provides an overview of the current evidence base for and clinical applications of the use of virtual reality (VR) in psychiatric practice, in context of recent technological developments. RECENT

findingsThe use of VR in psychiatric practice shows promise with much of the research demonstrating clinical effectiveness for conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and phobias, chronic pain, rehabilitation, and addictions. However, more research is needed before the use of VR is considered a clinical standard of practice in some areas. The recent release of first generation consumer VR products signals a change in the viability of further developing VR systems and applications. As applications increase so will the need for good quality research to best understand what makes VR effective, and when VR is not appropriate for clinical services. As the field progresses, it is hopeful that the flexibility afforded by this technology will yield superior outcomes and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms impacting those outcomes.

Indexed as

Virtual Reality Exposure TherapyHumansMental DisordersPsychiatryTreatment OutcomeAddictionsAnxietyChronic painExposure therapyMental healthPhobiasPsychiatryPTSDRehabilitationVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID28920179

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