Background Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in
the diagnostics and treatment of mental disorders. Objective To systematically review the …

Virtual reality (VR) is a potentially powerful technology for enhancing assessment in mental
health. At any time or place, individuals can be transported into immersive and interactive …

A large body of research indicates that weak expressions of positive psychotic symptoms
(“psychotic experiences”) can be measured in the general population, and likely represent …

Over the last two decades, there has been a rapid increase of studies testing the efficacy
and acceptability of virtual reality in the assessment and treatment of mental health …

In this paper, I address the question as to why participants tend to respond realistically to
situations and events portrayed within an immersive virtual reality system. The idea is put …

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool in the field of mental health. Central to
this technology are immersive environments, which enable exposure to highly controlled …

This paper reviews the concept of presence in immersive virtual environments, the sense of
being there signalled by people acting and responding realistically to virtual situations and …

From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of
schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological …

Individuals often interpret the same event in different ways. How do personality traits
modulate brain activity evoked by a complex stimulus? Here we report results from a …

BackgroundCognitive models of the positive symptoms of psychosis specify the cognitive,
social and emotional processes hypothesized to contribute to their occurrence and …