Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Treatment of Weight-Related Disorders

Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
Brenda K WiederholdJosé Gutiérrez-Maldonado

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) has, for the past two decades, proven to be a useful adjunctive tool for both assessment and treatment of patients with eating disorders and obesity. VR allows an individual to enter scenarios that simulate real-life situations and to encounter food cues known to trigger his/her disordered eating behavior. As well, VR enables three-dimensional figures of the patient's body to be presented, helping him/her to reach an awareness of body image distortion and then providing the opportunity to confront and correct distortions, resulting in a more realistic body image and a decrease in body image dissatisfaction. In this paper, we describe seminal studies in this research area.

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Oct 13, 2016·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Brenda K Wiederhold
May 16, 2018·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Silvia SerinoGiuseppe Riva
Feb 18, 2016·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Giuseppe RivaBrenda K Wiederhold
Sep 6, 2018·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Giuseppe RivaFabrizia Mantovani
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