Ong Triton, Wilczewski Hattie, Soni Hiral, Nisbet Quinn, Paige Samantha R, Barrera Janelle F, Welch Brandon M, Bunnell Brian E
Doxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, United States.
Biomedical Informatics Center, Public Health and Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
Front Virtual Real. 2022;3. doi: 10.3389/frvir.2022.848066. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
Phobias and related anxiety are common and costly mental health disorders. Experts anticipate the prevalence of phobias will increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Exposure therapies have been established as effective and reliable treatments for anxiety, including recent innovations in virtual reality-based exposure therapy (VRET). With the recent advent of telemental health (TMH), VRET is poised to become mainstream. The combination of VRET and TMH has the potential to extend provider treatment options and improve patient care experiences. In this narrative review, we describe how recent events have accelerated VRET + TMH, identify barriers to VRET + TMH implementation, and discuss strategies to navigate those barriers.
恐惧症及相关焦虑症是常见且代价高昂的心理健康障碍。专家预计,由于新冠疫情,恐惧症的患病率将会上升。暴露疗法已被确立为治疗焦虑症的有效且可靠的方法,包括基于虚拟现实的暴露疗法(VRET)的最新创新。随着远程心理健康(TMH)的近期出现,VRET有望成为主流。VRET与TMH的结合有可能扩展医疗服务提供者的治疗选择并改善患者的就医体验。在这篇叙述性综述中,我们描述了近期事件如何加速了VRET+TMH的发展,确定了VRET+TMH实施的障碍,并讨论了克服这些障碍的策略。