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Alternative Treatment of Psychological Disorders Such as Spider Phobia Through Virtual Reality Environments

Authors : Joseph Armas, Víctor H. Andaluz

Published in: Advances in Visual Computing

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This article proposes a tool to support the psychotherapist in the process of treating spider phobia through a system that combines both software and hardware elements to present immersive virtual reality environments to the treated patient. To create the feeling of immersion, environments and models created in Unity are used in conjunction with the patient’s movement tracked through the Kinect motion sensor. For the development of the system, the psychotherapeutic treatment method of systematic desensitization is used, so that the patient can overcome his fear and present non-phobic interactions with spiders. The process of developing the system and redacting this document was supported and supervised by a psychologist specialized in the treatment of phobias. Finally, tests were performed to obtain feedback from specialists and potential patients with a medium degree of phobia, in which the results were very positive and satisfactory.

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Metadata
Title
Alternative Treatment of Psychological Disorders Such as Spider Phobia Through Virtual Reality Environments
Authors
Joseph Armas
Víctor H. Andaluz
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Advances in Visual Computing

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-03800-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-03801-4

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03801-4_60

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