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dc.contributor.authorRowland, Dale P
dc.contributor.authorCasey, Leanne M
dc.contributor.authorGanapathy, Aarthi
dc.contributor.authorCassimatis, Mandy
dc.contributor.authorClough, Bonnie A
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-05T04:02:19Z
dc.date.available2021-11-05T04:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1132-0559
dc.identifier.doi10.5093/pi2021a8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/409853
dc.description.abstractResearch is increasingly demonstrating the therapeutic benefits of virtual reality interventions for various mental health conditions, though these rarely translate from research to application in clinical settings. This systematic review aims to examine the efficacy of current virtual reality interventions for emotional disorders, with a focus on clinical and technological features that influence translation of treatments from research to clinical practice. A comprehensive systematic literature search was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, for studies including the application of a virtual reality intervention to a clinical population of adults with an emotional disorder. Thirty-seven eligible studies were identified, appraised, and assessed for bias. Treatment effects were typically large across studies, with virtual reality being considered an efficacious treatment modality for various anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Virtual reality interventions were typically used for delivering exposure in cognitive behavioural therapy approaches. Considerable variability was seen in cost, technological specifications, degree of therapist involvement, delivery format, dosage, duration, and frequency of treatment. Suboptimal methodological rigour was identified in some studies. Remote use of virtual reality was rare, despite increasing options for in home use. Virtual reality interventions have the potential to overcome barriers to care and better meet the needs of consumers. Future research should examine the efficacy of virtual reality for treatment of depressive disorders and obsesive compulsive disorder. Improved methodological reporting and development of transdiagnostic and remotely delivered virtual reality interventions, will likely increase the translation of this treatment modality.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherColegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychosocial Intervention
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology, Multidisciplinary
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsDigital mental health
dc.subject.keywordsEmotional disorders
dc.titleA Decade in Review: A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Interventions for Emotional Disorders
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRowland, DP; Casey, LM; Ganapathy, A; Cassimatis, M; Clough, BA, A Decade in Review: A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Interventions for Emotional Disorders, Psychosocial Intervention, 2021
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-11-04T22:45:08Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2021 Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorClough, Bonnie A.
gro.griffith.authorGanapathy, Aarthi
gro.griffith.authorCassimatis, Mandy


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