Objectives: Past controlled clinical trials centred on virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) for agoraphobia mostly used multicomponent with success. However, the present paper aimed to evaluate independent effect of VRET agoraphobia. Methods: A study involving 18 agoraphobic participants assigned two groups: only and cognitive therapy. Nine specific environments were developed using an affordable game level editor. Results: Questionnaires, behavioural tests physiological measures...

Background/Objectives: Modern therapeutic strategies incorporating virtual reality (VR) have emerged as potential treatments for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a prevalent and debilitating condition that is challenging to cure. This study aimed evaluate the efficacy of VR combined with relaxation techniques in patients GAD by comparing VR-based standard mental imagery (MI) relaxation. Methods: Fifty-eight participated randomized comparative trial. Specific environments were created...

The effectiveness of a multiple components therapy regarding claustrophobia and involving virtual reality (VR) will be demonstrated through trial which immersed six claustrophobic patients in context-graded enclosed environments (VE) using affordable VR apparatus software. results the questionnaires behavior tests exhibited significant reduction fear towards space quality life improvement. Such gains were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Presence score indicated felt present inside game editor VE.

Successful interventions have been developed for smoking cessation, but the success of relapse prevention has limited. In particular, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) hampered by a high rate. Because relapses can be due to presence conditions associated with tobacco consumption (such as drinking in bars friends), virtual reality exposure (VRET) generate synthetic environments that represent risk situations patient context prevention. The primary objective this study is evaluate...

Presence, the impression of being existent in artificially created places, is an important factor for achieving maximum experience virtual environments (VEs) and hence their use experiments or therapy. To date, most clinical studies have used self-report questionnaires physiological measures to appraise degree presence. Some that tested behavioral scales a single VE, required additional equipment, did not test psychometric properties during immersion VR. The current study described...

Successful interventions have been developed for smoking cessation although the success of relapse prevention protocols has limited. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in particular hampered by a high rate. Because can be due to conditions associated with tobacco consumption (such as drinking bars friends), virtual reality cue exposure (VRCE) potential tool generate 3D interactive environments that simulate risk situations procedures.To assess effectiveness VRCE CBT, comparative trial...

The aim of this pilot study is to investigate the impact virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) on brain metabolism and connectivity. Eighteen patients with acrophobia were assessed by an 18F-FDG PET scan sensitized before treatment, nine them again after eight sessions VRET. Statistical Parametric Mapping was used correlations between pretherapeutic clinical scores compare VRET (p voxel < 0.005, corrected for cluster volume). Metabolic connectivity evaluated through interregional...

Research treatment protocols are rare regarding an unusual anxiety disorder, namely the fear of sharks (squalophobia). As a possible solution, effectiveness virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy for this phobia was tested. The advantage using VR becomes clearer when real life set up is impractical, such as exposing phobic patient to feared large marine organism, shark. effects were evaluated in single case study involving multiple context-graded aquatic environments with shark and affordable...

The isolated effect of Virtual Reality Based Exposure Therapy (VRBET) for agoraphobia was analyzed through a comparative trial involving the first 10 agoraphobic participants. participants were randomly assigned to two groups: VREBT only and combined with cognitive therapy. All required Environments (VE) created an inexpensive Game Level Editor (GLE). Outcome measures supported immersive VEs. Questionnaires, behavioral tests physiological indicated positive VRBET alone. addition therapy did...

Virtual reality and video games are becoming a part of everyday life. Computer provided with game-level editors (GLE), which allow the user to create customized virtual environments (VE). In therapeutic framework, GLE's VEs combined have been used in many fields including psychotherapy. The present article comprises two studies. first study, criteria for selecting most relevant GLE construction interactive outlined. During second selected was utilized construct 9 distinct situations sample...

Abstract Context According to the World Health Organization, alcohol is a major global public health problem, leading significant increase in illness and death. To treat use disorders, new therapeutic tools are being promoted, among which virtual reality (VR) shows promise. Previous research has demonstrated efficacy of VR reducing cravings patients, but there lack data on its effectiveness maintaining abstinence or consumption recently abstinent individuals. The E-Reva study aims compare...

We recently reported an improvement of precuneus PET metabolism after EMDR therapy in military participants suffering from PTSD. The aim the present study was to investigate metabolic changes connectivity these such treatment. Fifteen with PTSD performed a brain 18F-FDG-PET sensitized by virtual reality exposure war scenes, before and Inter-regional correlation analysis through SPMT maps at whole-brain level (p < 0.005 for voxel, p 0.05 cluster). A decrease observed between two significant...

Science is beginning to establish the benefits of use virtual reality (VR) in health care. This therapeutic approach may be an appropriate complementary treatment for some mental illnesses. It could prevent high levels morbidity and improve physical patients. For many years, literature has shown exercise. Physical exercise a VR environment management mild moderate conditions. In this context, we developed combined with ergocycle (the augmented training isolated confined environments [APTICE] system).

<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Context</bold>: According to the World Health Organization, alcohol is a major global public health problem, leading significant increase in illness and death. To treat use disorders, new therapeutic tools are being promoted, among which virtual reality (VR) shows promise. Previous research has demonstrated efficacy of VR reducing cravings patients, but there lack data on its effectiveness maintaining abstinence or consumption recently abstinent individuals. The...

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Science is beginning to establish the benefits of use virtual reality (VR) in healthcare. This therapeutic approach may be an appropriate complementary treatment for some mental illnesses. It could prevent high levels morbidity and improve physical health patients. For many years, literature has shown exercise on health. Physical a VR environment management mild-to-moderate conditions. In this context, we developed combined with ergocycle (the APTICE system)....