Virtual Reality in the Assessment, Understanding and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders

• Other Authors: Riva, Giuseppe (Editor), Serino, Silvia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Information technology industries; Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD); virtual reality; exposure in virtual reality; cognitive exposure; standardized scenario; personalized scenario; spatial memory; episodic memory; enactment; memory rehabilitation; embodied cognition; aging; body image disturbances; body anxiety; fear of gaining weight; full body illusion; body representation; obesity; health; navigation; neurorehabilitation; systematic review; virtual environment; cognitive and physical rehabilitation; oldest old person; Obsessive-compulsive disorders; multiple errands test; cognitive assessment; executive functions; computational models; decision tree; cross-validation; real phobic images; anxiety disorders; specific phobia; fMRI; neuroimaging; anorexia nervosa; body image distortion; body dissatisfaction; embodiment; interpersonal multisensory stimulation; pain perception; telescoped effect; amputee patients; emotion regulation; treatment; wellbeing intervention; adults; distraction systems; dental anxiety; pain; autism spectrum disorder; body movements; repetitive behaviors; machine learning; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; electroencephalogram; serious game; Alzheimer disease; digital biomarker; hippocampus; MRI; cognitive rehabilitation; computerized assessment; sense of reality; hallucinations; psychosis; derealization; n/a; sense of agency; metacognition; stress; bodily-self; mental health; presence
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In the computer sciences, virtual reality (VR) is usually described as a set of fancy technologies. However, in medicine and neuroscience, VR is instead defined as an advanced form of human-computer interface that allows the user to interact with and become present in a computer-generated environmen...