Background This Commission addresses several priority areas for psychiatry over the next
decade, and into the 21st century. These represent challenges and opportunities for the …

Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an altered form of behavioral therapy and may be
a possible alternative to standard in vivo exposure. Virtual reality integrates real-time …

Awe is a complex emotion arising from the perception of literal or figurative vastness.
Several subjective components of awe have been identified, including feelings of …

The emotion of awe is characterized by the perception of vastness and a need for
accommodation, which can include a positive and/or negative valence. While a number of …

The efficacy of a treatment for claustrophobia using only Virtual Reality (VR) exposure was
examined. The subject was a 43-year-old female who suffered from clinically significant …

Virtual reality can be used to provide phobic clients with therapeutic exposure to phobogenic
stimuli. However, purpose-built therapeutic VR hardware and software can be expensive …

Given previous studies indicating a significant correlation between anxiety and presence,
the purpose of this investigation was to explore the direction of the causal relationship …

The major goal of this research was to investigate the efficacy of virtual reality therapy (VRT)
in the treatment of the fear of public speaking. After an extensive two-stage screening …

Body image disturbance is a significant maintenance and prognosis factor in eating
disorders. Hence, existing eating disorder treatments can benefit from direct intervention in …

This article describes a study in which a genuine effect of presence--the development of fear
of virtual stimuli--was provoked. Using a self-report questionnaire, the sense of presence …