Phobia Exposure Therapy Using Virtual and Augmented Reality: A Systematic Review

A specific phobia is a common anxiety-related disorder that can be treated efficiently using different therapies including exposure therapy or cognitive therapy. One of the most famous methods to treat Exposure involves exposing target patient anxiety source its context without intention cause any danger. promising track research lies in VR (VRET) and/or AR (ARET), where gradual negative stimulus used reduce anxiety. In order review existing works this field, systematic search was completed following databases: PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Web Science, and Google Scholar. All studies present VRET ARET solutions were selected. By reviewing article, each author then applied inclusion exclusion criteria, 18 articles This aims investigate previous either type last five years. The results demonstrated positive outcome virtual reality treatment phobias. contrast, some these treatments did not work for few phobias which standard procedures more effective. Besides, study will also discuss best both technologies phobia. Furthermore, limitations future enhancements field.