Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Meyerbröker, Katharina

doi:10.1002/9781118775349.ch63

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“…In Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET), the virtual environment stimuli are expected to elicit anxiety "responses similar to those that would be experienced in front of the real or imagery-based counterparts of the same stimuli" (Vanni et al, 2013(Vanni et al, , p. 1562. One of the assumptions of VRET is anxiety habituation after prolonged exposures to a fearful stimulus, without the opportunity to escape (Meyerbröker, 2014).Virtual scenarios that have interactive navigation capabilities also allow the therapist to modify the environment according to the needs of each case. Thus, the therapist can intervene directly with regard to target behavior and can shape behavior through successive approximation to the situations feared using diff erential reinforcement.…”

Section: Terapia Comportamental Y Exposición Por Realidad Virtual Parmentioning

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Behavioral Therapy and Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

Zacarin¹,

Borloti²,

Haydu³

2019

Temas Psicol.

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Virtual reality (VR) has been shown to be eff ective in the treatment of anxiety disorders. The eff ects of a behavioral intervention procedure that included exposure to VR, diaphragmatic breathing, diff erential reinforcement, and functional analysis of behavior of participants with public speaking anxiety were investigated. The Virtua Therapy simulator with an Oculus Rift® was used for VR exposure. Six university students participated in the procedure involving the following sequence of sessions: initial interview and baseline measures (3-5), intervention (6), closure (1), follow-up (2). In the baseline sessions, the participants gave a speech in a room without an audience (avatars): in the intervention sessions and follow-up they spoke in a classroom or auditorium with an audience, and verbal consequences (feedback) were provided for appropriate speech pitch and speed. Verbal and non-verbal measures of behaviors were recorded. In the intervention sessions, functional analyses of everyday public speaking situations were performed. There was statistically signifi cant diff erence in the pre-and post-intervention data in the Self-Statements during Public Speaking Scale (improvement in self-evaluation) and improvement in speech quality. The conclusion was reached that the intervention procedure contributed to the reduction of anxiety.

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Section: Terapia Comportamental Y Exposición Por Realidad Virtual Parmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral Therapy and Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

Zacarin¹,

Borloti²,

Haydu³

2019

Temas Psicol.

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“…Research has revealed strong support for the efficacy of VRET for fear of flying and acrophobia (e.g. Meyerbröker, 2014;Meyerbröker & Emmelkamp, 2010;Opris et al, 2012;Powers & Emmelkamp, 2008), with effects generalizing to daily life (Morina, Ijntema, Meyerbröker, & Emmelkamp, 2015). In the present study, we used VRET by means of conducting exposure therapy for participants with fear of flying and acrophobia.…”

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Enhancement of exposure therapy in participants with specific phobia: A randomized controlled trial comparing yohimbine, propranolol and placebo

Meyerbröker

Morina

Emmelkamp

2018

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…VRET for fear of flying offers some advantages over exposure in vivo. Along treatment efficacy VRET for fear of flying represents a more sustainable therapy as it can be conducted without having to actually fly (Meyerbröker, 2014). variants of CBT were clearly more effective than the control condition and no differences were found in effects of CBT plus exposure in vivo and CBT plus exposure in virtuo.…”

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“…make different environments necessary to apply broad ERP, these themes seem to be universal (Hunt, 2020). Whether virtual environments specifically need to incorporate all idiosyncratic fears of patients remains unclear (Meyerbröker, 2014), however, the efficacy of VR ERP still needs to be demonstrated.…”

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The use of virtual reality in assessment and treatment of anxiety and related disorders

Meyerbröker

Morina

2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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In recent years the development of new virtual environments has been qualitatively high and fast at the same time, but the dissemination of virtual reality (VR) in clinical practice is still scarce. The aim of this review is to give an insight into the state of the art of the use of VR as an assessment tool and treatment intervention in anxiety and related disorders as posttraumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders.Besides an overview into the efficacy of VR, a summary will be given on assumed working mechanisms in virtual reality exposure therapy and how this aligns with current theoretical models. Further, it will be discussed how VR is accepted by patients and research into the reluctance of therapist to use this technology during treatment with focus on the therapeutic alliance and how it may be influenced by the use of VR. Finally, we discuss clinical and future issues as, for

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Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Cited by 8 publications

References 55 publications

Behavioral Therapy and Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

Behavioral Therapy and Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

Enhancement of exposure therapy in participants with specific phobia: A randomized controlled trial comparing yohimbine, propranolol and placebo

The use of virtual reality in assessment and treatment of anxiety and related disorders

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