Use of Virtual Reality in Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Technological developments such as Virtual reality (VR) provide new opportunities to extend and innovate mental healthcare. VR as a tool for clinical assessment has been described as promising, as it can enable real-time assessment within real-like environments or contexts as opposed to self-report and behavioral tasks in laboratory settings.

Objective

With this systematic review we aimed to provide an overview of recent studies using VR in the assessment of psychiatric disorders.

Methods

A systematic search was performed using Pubmed, Embase, PsycInfo, and Web of Science between 2016 and 2020. Studies were included if they used immersive VR, concerned assessment of psychiatric symptoms/disorders, and included adult patients with psychiatric disorders.

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SUBMITTER: Geraets CNW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8918631 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature