Virtual reality for psychosocial remediation in schizophreniaa systematic review

  1. Patricia Fernández Sotos 1
  2. Antonio Fernández Caballero 2
  3. Roberto Rodríguez Jiménez 3
  1. 1 Servicio de Salud Mental, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (CHUA), Albacete, España
  2. 2 CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Mental Health), España/ Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España
  3. 3 Department of Psychiatry, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España/ CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Mental Health), España
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Revista:
European journal of psychiatry

ISSN: 0213-6163

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 34

Número: 1

Páginas: 1-10

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.EJPSY.2019.12.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: European journal of psychiatry

Resumen

Background and objective Psychosocial impairment in schizophrenia is related to deficits in functioning and quality of life. Virtual reality (VR) is an interesting tool that has been started to use in remediation therapies. The aim of this study is to carry out a systematic review to describe the state-of-the-art in VR for psychosocial interventions in schizophrenia. Methods Publications from 1st January 2000 to 1st July 2019 on VR-based interventions for psychosocial remediation in schizophrenia were reviewed in five databases: PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library. Results From the initial resulting set of 144 publications, a final number of 7 publications were included. All of them showed positive results in the main target explored. Four studies focused on social skills, two studies were aimed at improving job interview skills and one focused on social cognition. Samples were variable (from a case report to 64 participants). Three studies compared the intervention with a control condition and two studies specified the use of immersive virtual reality. Conclusions VR offers an interesting and promising therapeutic option for patients suffering from schizophrenia, although more studies are needed to clarify if interventions based on VR are more effective than classical interventions.

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Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) / European Regional Development Fund (FEDER). Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Madrid Regional Government and Structural Funds of the European Union. European Development Regional Fund” A way to achieve Europe” (ERDF).

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