Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · 2007 · 243 citations · 41 references
EducationPsychiatryPsychologyBehavioral HealthBehavioral MedicinePsychotherapyAnxiety DisordersBehavior TherapyCognitive Behavioral TherapyPanic DisorderTreatment Of Mental DisordersVirtual RealityAgoraphobia TreatmentExposure TherapyExposure-based TherapyPanic Disorder TreatmentPanic Disorder With AgoraphobiaPanic Disorder Without AgoraphobiaPhobia TreatmentVirtual Reality Exposure Therapy
The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and cost‑benefit of virtual reality exposure (VRE) for treating panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. A between‑subject design with 37 DSM‑IV PDA patients compared VRE, in‑vivo exposure, and waiting‑list groups over nine weekly sessions with assessments at baseline, post‑treatment, and 12‑month follow‑up. VRE produced improvements superior to waiting‑list and comparable to in‑vivo exposure, confirming its short‑ and long‑term efficacy for PDA. © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Abstract The main goal of this study was to offer data about the efficacy of virtual reality exposure (VRE) in the treatment of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia (PDA). The study was a between‐subject design with three experimental conditions (VRE group, in vivo exposure [IVE] group and waiting‐list [WL] group) and repeated measures (pre‐treatment, post treatment and 12 month follow‐up). The treatment programmes lasted 9 weekly sessions. Thirty‐seven patients meeting DSM‐IV criteria for PDA participated in this study. The improvement achieved using virtual exposure was superior to a WL condition and similar to that achieved using IVE. Our results support the efficacy of VRE in the treatment of PDA at short and long term. The advantages of VRE for the treatment of PDA regarding cost‐benefit issues are described. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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