Virtual reality applications in mental health: Challenges and perspectives.

Patient self-reported intrusion symptoms as measured by the Impact of Event Scale were significantly lower ( P < 0.05) at 3 months than at baseline, but not at 6 months; although there was a clear trend toward fewer intrusive thoughts and somewhat less avoidance.[ 15 ] VR-based exposure therapy has shown results in the assessment and treatment of various mental problems including the treatment of anxiety disorder and specific phobias such as the fear of heights,[ 16 ] fearoff lying,[ 17 , 18 ] driving phobia, spider phobia,[ 19 , 20 ] social phobia, and agoraphobia.[ 21 , 22 ] Infact, the domain of coping with symptoms of the disorder has also been experimented.

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