ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2024
Metaverse in Mental Health: The Beginning of a Long History.
Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Metaverse Clinic for Pregnant Women With Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Prospective Randomized Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Avatar-Mediated Telepsychotherapy in a Metaverse-Informed Virtual Environment: Qualitative Study of User Experiences and Design Requirements.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Virtual Nature, Metaverse, and NAD⁺: A Narrative Review for Health Planning and Healthy Ageing.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Integrating the Metaverse Into Medical Practice: A Systematic Review of Its Potential and Applications.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2026Review
- Toward clinical integration of generative AI in mental health: personalization, multimodality and inter-entity experience.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- An overview of Metaverse in healthcare. Potential application in forensic and legal medicine.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Review
- Exploring the Application of AI and Extended Reality Technologies in Metaverse-Driven Mental Health Solutions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Advancing Rehabilitation Medicine with the Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- MetaRehabVerse: The Great Opportunity to Put the Person's Functioning and Participation at the Center of Healthcare.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2025Review
- Metaverse for mental health disorders: Opportunities and challenges.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Initial Recommendations for Virtual Reality in Mental Health Care from the American Medical Extended Reality Association.Journal of medical extended reality · 2025Article
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- The application of metaverse in mental health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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- Harnessing Immersive Virtual Reality: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of its Applications in Assessing, Understanding, and Treating Eating Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Article
- Editorial "Embodiment in the Metaverse: How Real and Virtual Bodies in Interaction Affect Cognition".Journal of cognition · 2024Article
- The application of metaverse in healthcare.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Investigating the acceptability and validity of a novel VR paradigm that simulates auditory hallucinations.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe review the first pilot studies applying metaverse-related technologies in psychiatric patients and discuss the rationale for using this complex federation of technologies to treat mental diseases. Concerning previous virtual-reality applications in medical care, metaverse technologies provide the unique opportunity to define, control, and shape virtual scenarios shared by multi-users to exploit the "synchronized brains" potential exacerbated by social interactions. RECENT
findingsThe application of an avatar-based sexual therapy program conducted on a metaverse platform has been demonstrated to be more effective concerning traditional sexual coaching for treating female orgasm disorders. Again, a metaverse-based social skills training program has been tested on children with autism spectrum disorders, demonstrating a significant impact on social interaction abilities. Metaverse-related technologies could enable us to develop new reliable approaches for treating diseases where behavioral symptoms can be addressed using socio-attentive tasks and social-interaction strategies.
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