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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2020

Virtual Reality Therapy in Social Anxiety Disorder.

Paul M G Emmelkamp, Katharina Meyerbröker, Nexhmedin Morina

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul M G EmmelkampDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. p.m.g.emmelkamp@uva.nl.
Katharina MeyerbrökerDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Nexhmedin MorinaInstitute of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
University of Amsterdam · NLUniversity of Münster · DEUtrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review provides an overview of current methods and important aspects to consider when applying virtual worlds in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). RECENT

findingsDifferent aspects such as dialogs between avatars and patients have been investigated as well as virtual audiences, emotional facial expression, and verbal interaction with avatars. Results of these studies are promising. Few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have investigated the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) in SAD. Unfortunately, most RCTs into the efficacy of VRET in comparison with exposure in vivo in SAD have been conducted with a combination of cognitive interventions and VRET. No differences between these conditions were found, but the pure effect of VRET as a stand-alone treatment has only been investigated in one RCT, wherein VRET was not superior to exposure in vivo. Current research into different facets of SAD and VRET has produced promising results with respect to technological aspects. No differences in efficacy between cognitive behavior therapy and VRET were found, but there is a clear need for studies investigating the efficacy of VRET as a stand-alone treatment and the therapeutic processes involved before this therapy can be disseminated in routine clinical practice.

Indexed as

Cognitive Behavioral TherapyPhobia, SocialVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyEmotionsFearHumansAssessmentSocial anxiety disorderSpeech anxietyVirtual reality exposure therapyVirtual social worlds

Identifiers

PMID32405657
PMCPMC7220867
OpenAlexW3024886852

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