A new therapy has been tested where people beaing treated in the NHs for depression wore a headset that projected an adult avatar of the person onto a mirror as well as a crying child. The project is part of a study at University college London and is working in collaboration with ICREA - University of Barcelona. The most recent research has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open.
The aim is to carry out a larger scale clinical trial in the future.
You can read more about this in a BBC article here.
Virtual reality helps to simulate an environment, create surroundings so that you feel a part of them.
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