Application of virtual reality technology in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder exposure

Yujie Xu; Ting Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2660392

3 February 2023 Application of virtual reality technology in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder exposure

Yujie Xu, Ting Wang

Proceedings Volume 12511, Third International Conference on Computer Vision and Data Mining (ICCVDM 2022); 125112W (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2660392
Event: Third International Conference on Computer Vision and Data Mining (ICCVDM 2022), 2022, Hulun Buir, China

Abstract

As a newly developed technology, virtual reality technology has been widely used in psychological therapy in many fields due to its characteristics of immersion, interaction, imagination and so on. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is due to the aversion to directly experience, witness or repeatedly exposed to the details of a potential traumatic event, such as war, major accidents, etc., which is the most important cause of its outbreak. PTSD seriously harm the physical and mental health of individuals, early and timely intervention is particularly critical. It was found that virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy combined with traditional exposure therapy had a significant clinical effect on PTSD. To explore the application of virtual reality exposure therapy in PTSD.

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Yujie Xu and Ting Wang "Application of virtual reality technology in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder exposure", Proc. SPIE 12511, Third International Conference on Computer Vision and Data Mining (ICCVDM 2022), 125112W (3 February 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2660392

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