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Using Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: Technological Proposal

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Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering (AHFE 2021)

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The treatments for anxiety that have proven efficacy are based on cognitive behavioral therapy, this time we will focus on systematic desensitization, which aims to expose the subject successively to the element that generates the maladaptive response, with this purpose a technological application is proposed for the treatment of this disorder from virtual reality. To accomplish this goal, an electronic helmet where different scenarios will be projected is going to be used. The person who is wearing it will face the distressing stimuli, allowing the treatment of his/her anxiety. With this application and device, it will be possible to safeguard the physical and psychic integrity of the subjects that demand this type of attention.

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  1. Facultad de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Quito, Ecuador

    Carlos Ramos-Galarza

  2. Centro de Investigación en Mecatrónica y Sistemas Interactivos MIST, Centro de Investigación ESTec y Carrera de Psicología, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Av. Machala y Sabanilla, Quito, Ecuador

    Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Omar Condor-Herrera & Jorge Cruz-Cárdenas

  3. Eotvos Lórand University, Izabella Street 46, Budapest, Hungary

    Pamela Acosta-Rodas

  4. Carrera de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo y Comportamiento Humano, Universidad Internacional SEK, Calle Alberto Einstein y 5ta transversal, Quito, Ecuador

    Jaime Moscoso-Salazar

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  1. School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Hasan Ayaz

  2. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Umer Asgher

  3. DIGITAL – Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Graz, Austria

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Ramos-Galarza, C., Acosta-Rodas, P., Moscoso-Salazar, J., Condor-Herrera, O., Cruz-Cárdenas, J. (2021). Using Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: Technological Proposal. In: Ayaz, H., Asgher, U., Paletta, L. (eds) Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 259. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80285-1_43

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