Examining Predictors of Depression and Anxiety Symptom Change in Cognitive Behavioral Immersion: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depressive and anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders, and there is a critical need for effective, affordable, and accessible interventions. Cognitive Behavioral Immersion (CBI) is a novel group-based cognitive behavioral skills training program delivered by lay coaches in the metaverse that can be accessed through various modalities including virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays or flat-screen devices. Combining its ability to offer empirically supported therapy skills in a digital setting that can still facilitate interpersonal variables (eg, working alliance and sense of social support) with the aid of lay coaches, CBI has the potential to help fill this critical need.

Objective

This study had 2 primary aims. First, we aimed to examine cha

SUBMITTER: Ezawa ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10382949 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature