ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
The impact of immersive virtual reality meditation for depression and anxiety among inpatients with major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders.
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- Effects of virtual reality mindfulness interventions on depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Managing emotional distress in older adults with mental illness: a randomized controlled trial evaluating virtual reality relaxation.Translational psychiatry · 2026Trial
- The use of virtual reality technology among women undergoing intrauterine insemination: a randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Immersive virtual reality as an auxiliary intervention for college students with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Trial
- Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- A systematic review on mindfulness-based immersive interventions in depressive disorders.Npj mental health research · 2026Review
- How virtual urban green spaces influence stress and risk-taking.Frontiers in psychology · 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 nature, real relief: how exposure to virtual natural environments reduces anxiety, stress, and depression in healthy adults.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of a Single Virtual Reality Relaxation Session on Mental-Health Outcomes in Frontline Workers on Duty During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Digital Technologies and Student Mental Health: Risks of Social Media and the Promise of Virtual Reality and Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Interventions.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Digital health: current applications, challenges, and future directions for enhancing healthcare quality and safety.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Virtual Reality Therapeutic Art for Adult Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers: A Mixed-Methods Project.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- The acceptability of virtual reality mindfulness for the treatment of insomnia: clinicians and patients' attitudes.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Background: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a non-pharmacological approach to alleviating depression and anxiety. While technology based MBCT is a standardized cost-effective approach, there have been concerns about its feasibility and effectiveness in clinical settings. Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal relationship between improved emotional regulation resulting from participation in Immersive Virtual Reality Meditation (IVRM) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) as monitored by electrocardiogram. Methods: This study was a longitudinal single-arm clinical trial in which the intervention was conducted three times a week for 10 weeks at a behavioral health unit in a community hospital ( Results: The findings of our study provide evidence that the CAS scores indicative of emotional regulation function after IVRM participation were associated with a reduction in depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Among the many technology-based complementary health care interventions that are available to reduce depression and anxiety, IVRM program use increases emotional regulatory function and decrease depression and anxiety.
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