ArticleClinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association2020
The clinical potential of augmented reality.
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- Extended reality (XR) in psychosocial and forensic interventions for child and adolescent sexual abuse: a systematic review of current applications and future directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Glitches to growth: Lessons learned from developing and testing an augmented reality smartphone app for substance use treatment.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Augmented reality as a novel approach for addiction treatment: development of a smoking cessation app.Annals of medicine · 2022Trial
- Augmented reality for extinction of cue-provoked urges to smoke: Proof of concept.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- A Novel Transdiagnostic Approach to the Prevention of Eating Disorders Using Virtual Reality: Preliminary Evaluation of the H.O.M.E. Intervention.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyTrial
- Treating Behavioral Addictions With Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Review
- Improved spatial memory for physical versus virtual navigation.Journal of neural engineering · 2025Article
- Using augmented reality to deliver cue exposure treatment for smoking cessation: App usability findings and protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Youth and Young Adults' Perspectives on Augmented Reality-Driven Vaping Cessation Interventions: Interpretive Description Study.JMIR XR and spatial computing · 2025Article
- Role of Augmented Reality in Tertiary Care: Qualitative Investigation Using Thematic Analysis.JMIR XR and spatial computing · 2025Article
- Informing a Future Clinician-Led Virtual Reality Experience Through Oncology Caregivers' Pre-Treatment Preparation Experiences.Delaware journal of public health · 2024Article
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- The Efficacy and Therapeutic Alliance of Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy in Treating Adults With Phobic Disorders: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2023Review
- How laboratory studies of cigarette craving can inform the experimental alcohol craving literature.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Review
- Is Virtual Reality Cue Exposure a Promising Adjunctive Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder?Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Testing Augmented Reality for Eliciting Cue-Provoked Urges to Smoke: Toward Moving Cue-Exposure Into the Real World.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Minding the Gap: Leveraging Mindfulness to Inform Cue Exposure Treatment for Substance Use Disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Views of Practitioners and Researchers on the Use of Virtual Reality in Treatments for Substance Use Disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Augmented Reality for Smoking Cessation: Development and Usability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- An Augmented Reality-Assisted Visualization System for Potential Applications in Prostate Biopsy.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical EngineeringArticle
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Abstract
Augmented reality (AR) is a rapidly emerging technology that superimposes digital objects onto real-world scenes as viewed in real time through a smartphone, tablet, or headset. Whereas AR has been adopted for retail, entertainment, and professional training, it also has potential as a novel, mobile, and efficacious treatment modality for psychological disorders. In particular, extinction-based therapies (e.g., anxiety, substance use disorders) could utilize AR to present stimuli in natural environments, enhancing generalizability beyond the clinic. The limited psychological literature on AR has focused on the treatment of simple phobias. Here, with the goal of bringing this technology to the attention of clinicians and researchers, we describe AR, contrast it with virtual reality, review the theoretical foundation for extinction-based therapies, provide examples for the treatment of substance use disorders, and identify theoretical, practical, and implementation-based research questions.
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