Acrophobia treatment with virtual reality assisted acceptance and commitment therapy: case reports

Çelik, Zülal

doi:10.14744/dajpns.2020.00097

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“…Persons who completed VRET showed reduced acrophobia symptoms, which is in line with previous studies using this technology ( Krijn et al, 2004 ; Boettcher et al, 2016 ; Celik et al, 2020 ; Krupić et al, 2020 ). In recent years, VRET has emerged as a viable alternative to in vivo exposure therapy as an evidence-based treatment for specific phobia, with the benefit of allowing patients to deal with fear in a controlled and safe environment.…”

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Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial

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BackgroundAcrophobia is a specific phobia characterized by a severe fear of heights. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of two therapies that may ameliorate symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity, i.e., virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with a Waiting List Control Condition (WLCC).MethodsWe applied a three-armed randomized controlled pre-post-test design with 45 female adolescent students. Students who met DSM-5 criteria for acrophobia were randomly assigned to either VRET (N = 15; Mage = 17.26; SD = 1.32), EMDR (N = 15; Mage = 17.15; SD = 1.57), or a WLCC (N = 15; Mage = 17.50; SD = 1.26). The study groups were evaluated one week before the intervention and one week after the last intervention session regarding symptoms of acrophobia (Severity Measure for Acrophobia) and anxiety sensitivity (Anxiety Sensitivity Index).ResultsThe data showed that both the application of VRET and EMDR therapy were associated with significantly reduced symptoms of acrophobia (d = 1.03 for VRET and d = 1.08 for EMDR) and anxiety sensitivity (d = 1.15 for VRET and d = 1.13 for EMDR) in comparison to the Waiting List.LimitationsThe sample consisted only of adolescent women. Due to the recognizable differences between the two interventions, the therapists and the participants were not blind to the conditions.ConclusionThe results suggest that both VRET and EMDR are interventions that can significantly improve symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in female adolescents.Clinical Trial Registrationhttps://www.irct.ir/trial/57391, identifier: IRCT20210213050343N1.

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Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial

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“…Structured six-session programmes taught patients acceptance, anchoring, and diffusion. Treatment findings showed a significant decrease in avoidance behaviors and an increase in value-based activities, proving the effectiveness of an integrated approach (Çelik et al, 2020 ).…”

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Analyzing EEG patterns in young adults exposed to different acrophobia levels: a VR study

Russo,

Tibermacine,

Tibermacine

et al. 2024

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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IntroductionThe primary objective of this research is to examine acrophobia, a widely prevalent and highly severe phobia characterized by an overwhelming dread of heights, which has a substantial impact on a significant proportion of individuals worldwide. The objective of our study was to develop a real-time and precise instrument for evaluating levels of acrophobia by utilizing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals.MethodsEEG data was gathered from a sample of 18 individuals diagnosed with acrophobia. Subsequently, a range of classifiers, namely Support Vector Classifier (SVC), K-nearest Neighbors (KNN), Random Forest (RF), Decision Tree (DT), Adaboost, Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN), were employed in the analysis. These methodologies encompass both machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques.ResultsThe Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models demonstrated notable efficacy. The Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model demonstrated a training accuracy of 96% and a testing accuracy of 99%, whereas the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model attained a training accuracy of 96% and a testing accuracy of 97%. The findings of this study highlight the effectiveness of the proposed methodology in accurately categorizing real-time degrees of acrophobia using EEG data. Further investigation using correlation matrices for each level of acrophobia showed substantial EEG frequency band connections. Beta and Gamma mean values correlated strongly, suggesting cognitive arousal and acrophobic involvement could synchronize activity. Beta and Gamma activity correlated strongly with acrophobia, especially at higher levels.DiscussionThe results underscore the promise of this innovative approach as a dependable and sophisticated method for evaluating acrophobia. This methodology has the potential to make a substantial contribution toward the comprehension and assessment of acrophobia, hence facilitating the development of more individualized and efficacious therapeutic interventions.

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“…User Experience Usability Test Pada penelitian pengguna dan pengujian usability diperlukan pemilihan tugas yang sesuai untuk menguji efektivitas fungsi-fungsi yang terdapat pada aplikasi dan metode terapi yang diimplementasikan dalam aplikasi. [14]. Untuk pengujian Usability test dilakukan terhadap 20 orang hanya saja dari beberapa hasil didapat 7 orang yang memenuhi kriteria pengujian yaitu responden yang mengetahui Virtual Reality, metode EBT, dan orang yang mengetahui phobia dari sisi psikiater, sehingga 23 orang dieleminasi karena tidak memenuhi ke 3 kriteria tersebut.…”

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Aplikasi Virtual Reality untuk Media Terapi Phobia Ketinggian

Fadillah,

Aldya,

Hidayat

2024

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This research aims to develop a therapy application using Virtual Reality technology and a smartwatch to view heart rate data as an assessment in dealing with and assessing how bad Arcophobia (phobia of heights) is in users. The application built is a Virtual Reality (VR) application on the Android platform and applies the Exposure-Based Therapy (EBT) method, the Exposure-Based Theraphy (EBT) method is a method that applies an introduction to phobias suffered gradually according to the ability of the sufferer, in this case the EBT method is proven effective in reducing phobias including Arcophobia. The use of multimedia elements is given gradually to individuals who have phobia. The results show that the development of Android-based Virtual Reality applications is able to help individuals efficiently and effectively overcome Arcophobia by using simulated altitude situations. This application has 3 stages of desensitization (exposure) in a Virtual Reality environment that is made in such a way that individuals can slowly get used to their phobia. In addition, this application collects heart rate data to assess how severe the phobia experienced by the individual there are 3 objective assessments to determine how bad the phobia suffered by the user is if the user's heart rate ranges from 60bpm - 100bpm (normal) while 105bpm - 115bpm is included in the category (quite normal) and 120bpm-200bpm is categorized (bad), from these 3 assessment categories provide additional information that is useful for objectively evaluating the progress of therapy.

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Acrophobia treatment with virtual reality assisted acceptance and commitment therapy: case reports

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Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial

Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial

Analyzing EEG patterns in young adults exposed to different acrophobia levels: a VR study

Aplikasi Virtual Reality untuk Media Terapi Phobia Ketinggian

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