A Real Environment Based Virtual Reality Psychosocial Treatment May Help Patients with Schizophrenia to Increase Social Functioning: A Preliminary Study

CONCLUSION: In this preliminary study, we discovered that realenvironment- based VR-PTP is effective for improving the social skills of patients with schizophrenia. Cognitive enhancement programs and psychosocial functionality therapies may be carried out using virtual reality in the near future. VR can assist patients in coping with their symptoms and day-to-day challenges.PMID:38173325 | PMC:PMC10786351 | DOI:10.5080/u27046

Source: Turkish Journal of Psychiatry - January 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Emine Ilg ın Hoşgelen Faik Kartelli Markus Berger Simay Erin ç Deniz Yerlikaya Ya ğmur Özbek G örsev Yener Berna Binnur Akdede K öksal Alptekin Source Type: research