Bloom R W
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 1997;39:11-6.
There is theoretical and empirical research supporting the hypothesis that virtual reality technology (VRT) can be efficaciously applied to attenuate the symptoms of mental disorders (Baer, 1996; Rothbaum et al, 1995a, 1995b; Rothbaum et al, 1996.) Yet there is also research suggesting psychiatric therapeutic applications of VRT may induce noxious or unexpected psychological consequences (Kolasinski, 1996; Muscott & Gifford, 1994; Regan & Price, 1994; Regan & Ramsey, 1996; Strickland, 1995.) A prudent conclusion would be to advocate ever more sophisticated studies on psychiatric therapeutic applications of VRT concerning (1) increasing the overall socioadaptiveness of patients, (2) the robustness of moderating, modifying, or other intermediary variables effecting or affecting VRT therapeutic efficacy, and (3) variables, processes, and hypotheses generated from VRT applications in non-psychiatric fields.
有理论和实证研究支持虚拟现实技术（VRT）可有效用于减轻精神障碍症状这一假说（贝尔，1996；罗斯鲍姆等人，1995年a，1995年b；罗斯鲍姆等人，1996）。然而，也有研究表明VRT的精神科治疗应用可能会引发有害或意外的心理后果（科拉辛斯基，1996；马斯科特和吉福德，1994；里根和普赖斯，1994；里根和拉姆齐，1996；斯特里克兰，1995）。一个审慎的结论是提倡对VRT在精神科治疗应用方面开展更深入的研究，内容涉及：（1）提高患者的总体社会适应能力；（2）影响或作用于VRT治疗效果的调节、改变或其他中介变量的稳健性；以及（3）由VRT在非精神科领域的应用所产生的变量、过程和假说。
