Virtual reality technology in the treatment of anxiety - progress and future challenges

Expert Rev Neurother. 2023 Jul-Dec;23(12):1047-1049. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2023.2289574. Epub 2023 Dec 15.

Authors

Richard J Porter^{1

2}, Ben Beaglehole^{1

2}, Nilufar Baghaei³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
² Te Whatu Ora, Specialist Mental Health Services, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³ School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

PMID: 38014828
DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2023.2289574

No abstract available

Keywords: Virtual reality; anxiety disorder; avatar; clinical trials; post-traumatic stress disorder; simple phobia; social anxiety disorder.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anxiety / therapy
Anxiety Disorders* / therapy
Humans
Virtual Reality*