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Automated virtual reality (VR) cognitive therapy for patients with psychosis: study protocol for a single-blind parallel group randomised controlled trial (gameChange).
(2019-08)
Introduction Many patients with psychosis experience everyday social situations as anxiety-provoking. The fears can arise, for example, from paranoia, hallucinations, social anxiety or negative-self beliefs. The fears lead ...
Automated psychological therapy using virtual reality (VR) for patients with persecutory delusions: study protocol for a single-blind parallel-group randomised controlled trial (THRIVE)
(2019-01)
Persecutory delusions are a major psychiatric problem and are associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes. Our theoretical model views these delusions as unfounded threat beliefs which persist due to defence behaviours ...
Developing an automated VR cognitive treatment for psychosis: gameChange VR therapy
(2020-04)
The automated delivery of psychological treatment using virtual reality (VR) has the potential to revolutionise patient access to evidence-based care. VR creates immersive, interactive computer simulations, which elicit ...
Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
(2018-08)
Background:
Engaging, interactive, and automated virtual reality (VR) treatments might help solve the unmet needs of individuals with mental health disorders. We tested the efficacy of an automated cognitive intervention ...
Effects of SlowMo, a Blended Digital Therapy Targeting Reasoning, on Paranoia Among People With Psychosis A Randomized Clinical Trial
(2021-04)
IMPORTANCE Persistent paranoia is common among patients with psychosis.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychosis can be effective. However, challenges
in engagement and effectiveness remain.
OBJECTIVE To investigate ...
Insomnia as a mediating therapeutic target for depressive symptoms: A sub-analysis of participant data from two large randomized controlled trials of a digital sleep intervention
(2020-06)
Insomnia predicts the onset of depression, commonly co-presents with depression
and often persists following depression remission. However, these conditions can
be challenging to treat concurrently using depression-specific ...
A Safe Place to Learn: Peer Research Qualitative Investigation of gameChange Virtual Reality Therapy
(2023-01)
Background:
Automated virtual reality (VR) therapy has the potential to substantially increase access to evidence-based psychological treatments. The results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial showed that ...
Developing a virtual reality environment for educational and therapeutic application to investigate psychological reactivity to bullying
(2023-07)
Understanding how bullying victimisation influences cognitive and emotional processes may help to direct early intervention to prevent the development of psychopathology. In a convenience sample of 67 female adolescents, ...
A randomised controlled test of emotional attributes of a virtual coach within a virtual reality (VR) mental health treatment
(2023-07)
We set out to test whether positive non-verbal behaviours of a virtual coach can enhance people's engagement in automated virtual reality therapy. 120 individuals scoring highly for fear of heights participated. In a ...
Automated virtual reality cognitive therapy versus virtual reality mental relaxation therapy for the treatment of persistent persecutory delusions in patients with psychosis (THRIVE): a parallel-group, single-blind, randomised controlled trial in England with mediation analyses
(2023-09)
Persecutory delusions are a major psychiatric problem that often do not respond sufficiently to standard pharmacological or psychological treatments. We developed a new brief automated virtual reality (VR) cognitive treatment ...