Virtual reality may reduce paranoia in psychotics: study


  • TECH
  • Friday, 09 Feb 2018

PARIS: Virtual reality-based therapy combined with standard treatment reduced paranoia and anxiety in people with psychotic disorders, scientists reported. 

In clinical trials involving 116 patients in the Netherlands, virtual reality exercises led to less fraught social interactions, a team wrote in The Lancet Psychiatry

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