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Development of technological support for the treatment of patients that suffer from social phobia and agoraphobia using virtual reality scenarios

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Abstract

The virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) are currently being used to provide support for psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy given to patients with fears and phobias. The objective of this document is to determine the feasibility in terms of the effectiveness of the use of VRET to treat social phobia and agoraphobia in the treatment of patients who suffer from it. The effectiveness is evaluated based on the comparison of the reduction of anxiety scores with respect to sweating, heart rate, subjective units of anxiety (SUA) and clinical criteria in a period of 6 weeks of treatment with a specialized psychologist who monitors the software on 5 patients with social phobia and another 5 with agoraphobia.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWMSCI 2019 - 23rd World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings
EditorsNagib C. Callaos, Shigehiro Hashimoto, Bruce E. Peoples, Belkis Sanchez, Michael Savoie
PublisherInternational Institute of Informatics and Systemics, IIIS
Pages21-26
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781950492206
StatePublished - 2019
Event23rd World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, WMSCI 2019 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 6 Jul 20199 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameWMSCI 2019 - 23rd World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings
Volume4

Conference

Conference23rd World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, WMSCI 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period6/07/199/07/19

Keywords

  • Agoraphobia
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Exhibition in virtual reality
  • Phobic anxiety disorders
  • Psychology
  • Smartphone
  • Social phobia
  • Virtual reality

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