[HTML][HTML] Future of mental health in the metaverse

SS Usmani, M Sharath, M Mehendale - General Psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were some of the hottest tech terms in 2021,
according to a Google Trends search. Our review aims to describe the metaverse and NFTs …

Advances in the use of virtual reality to treat mental health conditions

IH Bell, R Pot-Kolder, A Rizzo, M Rus-Calafell… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool in the field of mental health. Central to
this technology are immersive environments, which enable exposure to highly controlled …

Healthcare in metaverse: A survey on current metaverse applications in healthcare

G Bansal, K Rajgopal, V Chamola, Z **ong… - Ieee …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed several limitations of existing healthcare systems.
Thus, there is a surge in healthcare innovation and new business models using computer …

[HTML][HTML] The best predictor of the future—the metaverse, mental health, and lessons learned from current technologies

D Benrimoh, FD Chheda, HC Margolese - JMIR Mental Health, 2022 - mental.jmir.org
The metaverse—a virtual world accessed via virtual reality technology—has been heralded
as the next key digital experience. It is meant to provide the next evolution of human …

Metaverse: a matter of experience

L Floridi - Philosophy & Technology, 2022 - Springer
There is a lot of talk about the Metaverse these days. It happens if Mark Zuckerberg, one of
the wealthiest and most influential people in the world, decides to bet everything on this …

Extended reality for mental health: Current trends and future challenges

P Pons, S Navas-Medrano… - Frontiers in Computer …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Virtual and augmented reality have been used to diagnose and treat several mental health
disorders for decades. Technological advances in these fields have facilitated the …

[HTML][HTML] The safety of digital mental health interventions: systematic review and recommendations

R Taher, CW Hsu, C Hampshire, C Fialho… - JMIR mental …, 2023 - mental.jmir.org
Background: Evidence suggests that digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) for common
mental health conditions are effective. However, digital interventions, such as face-to-face …

A randomised controlled test of emotional attributes of a virtual coach within a virtual reality (VR) mental health treatment

S Wei, D Freeman, A Rovira - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We set out to test whether positive non-verbal behaviours of a virtual coach can enhance
people's engagement in automated virtual reality therapy. 120 individuals scoring highly for …

A targeted psychological treatment for sleep problems in young people at ultra-high risk of psychosis in England (SleepWell): a parallel group, single-blind …

F Waite, E Černis, T Kabir, E Iredale, L Johns… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Sleep disturbance is common and problematic for young people at ultra-high
risk of psychosis. Sleep disruption is a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of mental …

Remote virtual reality as a tool for increasing external validity

D Draschkow - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
Despite increased attention to the reliability of behavioural research, efficient solutions for
conducting more representative studies are lacking. Remote virtual reality offers a promising …