ReviewFocus (American Psychiatric Publishing)2018
Clinical Virtual Reality: Emerging Opportunities for Psychiatry.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Biosensor-Integrated Virtual Reality for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Psychosis: A Systematic Review of a New Therapeutic Frontier.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
- Immersive wearable virtual reality for autism: a systematic review of current evidence.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Trial
- Mixed Response Patterns to a Virtual Reality Intervention targeting Trauma-related Shame in Adolescents after Sexual Abuse: A Single-Case Experimental Design.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Immersive metaverse art as a psychological intervention for depression and anxiety: a narrative review and multilevel model integrating engagement, cultural identity, and neurocognitive mechanisms.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Virtual Reality: Challenges and Perspectives in Mental Health.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Review
- Cognitive Remediation for Psychosis in Virtual Reality (ThinkTactic VR): Qualitative, Iterative, and User-Centered Codevelopment Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Virtual Reality Program for Mental Health Promotion in Pregnant Women.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
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- [Virtual reality in teaching using mentally ill patient avatars].Der Nervenarzt · 2024Article
- Multi-level barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based antipsychotics in the treatment of early-phase schizophrenia.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- The introduction of virtual reality in forensic mental healthcare - an interview study on the first impressions of patients and healthcare providers regarding VR in treatment.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Exploring the added value of virtual reality biofeedback game DEEP in forensic psychiatric inpatient care-A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Symbiosis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Telemental Health: A Review.Frontiers in virtual reality · 2022Article
- The Effects of Virtual Reality Treatment on Prefrontal Cortex Activity in Patients With Social Anxiety Disorder: Participatory and Interactive Virtual Reality Treatment Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Virtual Reality Human-Human Interface to Deliver Psychotherapy to People Experiencing Auditory Verbal Hallucinations: Development and Usability Study.JMIR serious games · 2021Article
- Implementation of Therapeutic Virtual Reality Into Psychiatric Care: Clinicians' and Service Managers' Perspectives.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation in Forensic Psychiatry and Adjacent Clinical Fields: A Review of Current Assessment and Treatment Methods for Practitioners.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Diabetes and Behavior in the 21st Century: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm . . . ".Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2019Article
- Emerging Therapies in Psychiatry.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) technology offers new opportunities for the development of innovative clinical research, assessment, and intervention tools. VR-based testing, training, teaching, and treatment approaches that would be difficult, if not impossible, to deliver with traditional methods are now being developed that take advantage of the assets that are available with VR technology. As research evidence continues to indicate clinical efficacy, VR applications are being increasingly regarded as providing innovative options for targeting the cognitive, psychological, motor, and functional impairments that result from various clinical health conditions. VR allows for the precise presentation and control of stimuli in dynamic, multisensory, 3D computer-generated simulations as well as providing advanced methods for capturing and quantifying behavioral responses. These characteristics support the rationale for the use of VR applications in clinical assessment, intervention, and training. This article begins with a brief review of the history of and rationale for the use of VR with clinical populations. It then details one use case for the clinical application of VR-the exposure-therapy treatment of anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Although significant work is cited in other areas of clinical VR (e.g., pain management, cognitive and physical assessment and rehabilitation, eating disorders, social skills, and clinical training), a full overview of such a broad literature is beyond the scope of this article. Thus, the authors have opted to provide more in-depth analysis of one specific clinical area that clearly illustrates how VR has been successfully applied and is supported by an encouraging and evolving scientific literature.
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