Current practice in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) is that therapists ask patients about their anxiety level by means of the Subjective Unit of Discomfort (SUD) scale. With an aim of developing a home-based VRET system, this measurement ideally should be done using speech technology. In a VRET system for social phobia with scripted avatar-patient dialogues, the timing of asking patient...

A multiple baseline across-subjects design was used to examine the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) to treat driving phobia. The treatment consisted of 8 weekly graded VRET sessions. Using self-monitoring and interview measures, treatment efficacy was examined across 5 participants. Three participants had reductions in driving phobia symptoms, while there was little change in...

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder characterized by severe fear objects and situations. In recent years, virtual reality exposure therapy has emerged as safer more convenient method treating phobias, with the same rate success classical therapy, in vivo to stimuli. Following extensive research concerning available technologies after studying state art field, we developed PhoVR (Phobia throu...

There is a clear need for more detailed analysis of the role of cognitive self-statements in virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET). To date, no research on this topic has been done. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether coping self-statements would enhance the effectiveness of VRET. In a randomized crossover design, 26 patients with acrophobia (DSM-IV diagnosis of specific ...