Virtual reality for anxiety and stress-related disorders: A SWOT analysis

Javier Fernández-Alvarez, Desirée Colombo, Cristina Botella, Azucena García-Palacios, Giuseppe Riva

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Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) Therapy has emerged in the 90s as an appealing way of delivering exposure treatment. Throughout these years, ample evidence has been published. Although there is an agreed consensus regarding its efficacy, currently a quick shift in the field is being experienced, especially due to the advent of off-the-shelf technology that is greatly facilitating its dissemination. In this context, theoretical discussions of the field appear as an important action in order to take stock of the mounting evidence that has been produced and the main challenges for the coming future. To stimulate the discussion in a burgeoning field, a SWOT analysis is proposed, which may help to map the field of VR therapy for anxiety and stress-related disorders. Overall, it is undoubted that VR appears as a well-established technology for the treatment of ASRD and the main challenges are in line with the possibility of hurdling the same obstacles that the whole field of clinical psychology and psychotherapy has to deal with: How to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice.
Lingua originaleEnglish
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Pagine43-54
Numero di pagine12
Volume288
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2019

Serie di pubblicazioni

NomeLECTURE NOTES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES, SOCIAL INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

Keywords

  • Anxiety disorders
  • SWOT analysis
  • Virtual reality therapy

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