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"Drop the beat": virtual reality based mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder --- a pilot study

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VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

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In this paper, we present a virtual reality based content/system called the "Drop the beat" designed to help the mindfulness and train one to overcome panic disorder. The two main elements of the proposed system are the (1) use of 360-degree video for presenting the panic inducing situation and, (2) facilitation of the mindfulness through a compelling scenario and immersive experience with multimodal feedback. In particular, we hypothesized that the direct observance and tangibly feeling for the beating heart in one's hand would help the user train to rationalize and overcome the situation (and e.g. effectively bring down one's heart rate back to a normal level). We conducted a small pilot study, administering the proposed VR content to five panic disorder patients and report the interim results.

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"Drop the beat": virtual reality based mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder --- a pilot study
1. Applied computing
  1. Life and medical sciences
    1. Consumer health
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality

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VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

November 2017

437 pages

ISBN:9781450355483

DOI:10.1145/3139131

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Morten Fjeld
Chalmers University of Technology
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Marco Fratarcangeli
Chalmers University of Technology
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Daniel Sjölie
University of Gothenburg
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University of Rostock
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Jonas Unger
Linköping University

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