VR Therapy Silenced One Patient's Voices After 27 Years of Schizophrenia

Exploring interaction with environmental affordances in schizophrenia spectrum disorders using virtual reality - Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia has been associated with disturbances in perceiving affordances, i.e. action possibilities offered by the environment. However, empirical research has largely relied on static laboratory tasks that poorly capture the dynamic perception-action loops of everyday environments. In this exploratory study, we used immersive virtual reality (VR) to examine environmental exploration and interaction in patients with schizophrenia and health…

How VR helped a woman silence 27 years of schizophrenia voices

One hypothesis is that making an invisible symptom something patients can see, hear and respond to gives them greater control over it.

VR Therapy for Schizophrenia: Patient's Voices Silenced After 27 Years - News and Statistics

Experimental VR therapy helped a 53-year-old woman with schizophrenia silence the voices for five years. The CHALLENGE project showed significant reduction in hallucinations, offering new hope for treatment.

Audio Visual Assisted Therapy Aid for Refractory Auditory Hallucinations (AVATAR) therapy for voice hearers: systematic review and meta-analysis

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are common and distressing symptoms across a range of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Audio Visual Assisted Therapy Aid for Refractory Auditory Hallucinations (AVATAR) is an ...