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Virtual Reality Therapy Resources
Summaries of peer-reviewed research on virtual reality in psychological treatment, including exposure therapy for phobias, needle and blood fear, and OCD.
Virtual reality as a distraction during children's blood tests
Having blood drawn is one of the more painful and distressing procedures children go through. Wong and Choi tested whether an immersive virt…
Virtual Reality for Fear of Needles in Adults: A Small Pilot
Fear of needles leads many adults to avoid vaccinations, blood tests and other necessary care, which affects both individual and public heal…
A Single Virtual Reality Session for Contamination Worries
Exposure and response prevention is a first-line treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, yet many people with contamination worries nev…
Virtual Reality Exposure for Contamination-Type OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves unwanted, distressing thoughts and repetitive behaviours that take up time and interfere with d…
A Self-Guided Virtual Reality App for Common Phobias
Most people with a specific phobia never receive treatment. Virtual reality exposure therapy is one promising option, but most studies have …
How Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Compares With Real-Life Exposure
Exposure therapy asks a person to approach what they fear, gradually and with support, until the fear loses its hold. Virtual reality exposu…
How Virtual Reality Helps Children Through Needle Procedures
Needles frighten many children, and the distress can make blood tests, vaccinations and other procedures harder for everyone involved. A sys…