Garcia-Palacios A, Hoffman H G, See S K, Tsai A, Botella C
Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2001 Jun;4(3):341-8. doi: 10.1089/109493101300210231.
The success rate for treating phobias with in vivo exposure is high. Unfortunately, few phobics (less than 15-20%) ever seek treatment. Virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy is also proving to be highly effective. The present surveys assessed 162 students high in fear of spiders. In Study 1, when asked to choose between multisession in vivo exposure vs. multisession VR exposure therapy, 81% chose VR. In Study 2, comparing one-session in vivo versus multisession VR exposure therapy, 89% chose VR. Results suggest that VR exposure therapy may prove valuable for increasing the number of phobics who seek treatment.
体内暴露疗法治疗恐惧症的成功率很高。不幸的是，很少有恐惧症患者（不到15%-20%）寻求治疗。虚拟现实（VR）暴露疗法也被证明是非常有效的。目前的调查评估了162名对蜘蛛高度恐惧的学生。在研究1中，当被要求在多疗程体内暴露疗法和多疗程VR暴露疗法之间进行选择时，81%的人选择了VR。在研究2中，比较单疗程体内暴露疗法和多疗程VR暴露疗法，89%的人选择了VR。结果表明，VR暴露疗法可能对增加寻求治疗的恐惧症患者数量有价值。
