Research on the effectiveness of VR technology in assisted rehabilitation of PTSD patients

Xiao Nie

doi:10.1117/12.2626655

16 December 2021 Research on the effectiveness of VR technology in assisted rehabilitation of PTSD patients

Xiao Nie

Proceedings Volume 12153, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Visualization (AIVRV 2021); 121530Z (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626655
Event: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Visualization (AIVRV 2021), 2021, Sanya, China

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder has become a common mental illness in modern society, with up to 800 million patients worldwide. Usually, therapists use talk therapy and medication to relieve PTSD symptoms, but those traditional methods have many limitations. For example, its expensive treatment fee, lack of professionals, a considerable amount of time taken of the treatment. Currently, the application of VR in the field of PTSD has received attention, but most of the literature and cases are based on case analysis. This study aims to make an objective evaluation of the effect of virtual reality technology in the treatment of PTSD patients by studying different types of patients with PTSD, to better play the application of VR in the field of PTSD. In this study, qualitative analysis was carried out mainly by collecting published literature and typical cases. The results showed that VRET had a positive effect on symptom improvement in PTSD patients. However, the effects of VRET were different in different patients with a different mechanism of trauma and different tolerance of trauma. Simultaneously, PTSD adjuvant therapy also has many limitations. Suppose researchers combine psychology and use artificial intelligence algorithms to create a personalized VR scene reality that makes the ideal effect close to individual needs. In that case, they can get the most effective adjuvant therapy. After a certain extent of development, it is predictable that the VR therapy would have fewer side effects, simple operations, and low cost that can be used to build a healthier family and community environment.

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Xiao Nie "Research on the effectiveness of VR technology in assisted rehabilitation of PTSD patients", Proc. SPIE 12153, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Visualization (AIVRV 2021), 121530Z (16 December 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626655

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