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Effects of virtual reality-based cue exposure therapy on craving and physiological responses in alcohol-dependent patients-a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Cue exposure therapy is used to treat alcohol dependence. However, its effectiveness is controversial due to the limitations of the clinical treatment setting. Virtual reality technology may improve the therapeutic effect.
Junjun Zhang, Ming Chen, Junli Yan, Chaojun Wang, Hongdu Deng, Jiali Wang, Jiapeng Gu, Dan Wang, Wenhui Li, Chuansheng Wang   +9 more
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Effectiveness of Cue-Exposure Therapy on Alcohol Craving in Virtual Environment: Based on habit loop [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2022
Background: In the treatment and abstinence of alcoholism, especially in abstinence after treatment, "Craving" has an essential role. Thus, our aim was to examine the effect of cue-exposure therapy on alcohol craving in virtual environment based on the ...
Alireza Karimpour Vazifehkhorani, Arina Attaran, Azizeh Karimi Saraskandrud, Haniyeh Faghih, Narges Yeganeh   +4 more
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Virtual reality-based cue exposure therapy reduces psychological craving in men with methamphetamine use disorder: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Translational Psychiatry
Reducing psychological craving is critical for preventing relapse in methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of virtual reality (VR)-based cue exposure therapy (CET) and cue exposure with aversion therapy (CETA) in ...
Qiuping Huang, Xinxin Chen, Xuhao Wang, Ying Tang, Wenwu Wang, Li Chao, Yiqi Nie, Shihua Peng, Lin Zhao, Hongxian Shen, Zhenjiang Liao   +10 more
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Modulation of smoking cue reactivity by social context—Implications for exposure therapy in virtual reality

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023
Rationale: Social factors are considered important for the initiation and maintenance of drug abuse. Virtual reality (VR) research on cue reactivity and exposure frequently incorporates social stimuli as part of complex drug-intake scenarios.
Markus H. Winkler, Yonghui Li, Yonghui Li, Paul Pauli, Paul Pauli, Andreas Mühlberger   +5 more
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Identifying Triggers of Alcohol Craving to Develop Effective Virtual Environments for Cue Exposure Therapy [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Background: Many studies have indicated that alcohol craving is a core mechanism in the acquisition, maintenance, and precipitation of relapse in alcohol use disorder (AUD). A common treatment approach in AUD is cue exposure therapy (CET).
Alexandra Ghiţă, Lidia Teixidor, Miquel Monras, Lluisa Ortega, Silvia Mondon, Antoni Gual, Sofia Miranda Paredes, Laura Villares Urgell, Bruno Porras-García, Marta Ferrer-García, José Gutiérrez-Maldonado   +10 more
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Attentional Bias, Alcohol Craving, and Anxiety Implications of the Virtual Reality Cue-Exposure Therapy in Severe Alcohol Use Disorder: A Case Report [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Aims: Attentional bias (AB), alcohol craving, and anxiety have important implications in the development and maintenance of alcohol use disorder (AUD). The current study aims to test the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Cue-Exposure Therapy (VR-CET) to
Alexandra Ghiţă, Olga Hernández-Serrano, Jolanda Fernández-Ruiz, Manuel Moreno, Miquel Monras, Lluisa Ortega, Silvia Mondon, Lidia Teixidor, Antoni Gual, Mariano Gacto-Sanchez, Bruno Porras-García, Marta Ferrer-García, José Gutiérrez-Maldonado   +12 more
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Virtual reality cue-exposure therapy in reducing cocaine craving: the Promoting Innovative COgnitive behavioral therapy for Cocaine use disorder (PICOC) study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Trials
Background Cocaine craving is a central symptom of cocaine use disorders (CUD). Virtual reality cue-exposure therapy for craving (VRCET) allows more immersive, realistic, and controllable exposure than traditional non-VR cue-exposure therapy (CET), whose
T. Lehoux, Antonio Capobianco, Jérôme Lacoste, Sloane Rollier, Yann Mopsus, Manuela Melgire, Flavien Lecuyer, Miguel Gervilla, Luisa Weiner   +8 more
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The use of virtual reality in craving assessment and cue-exposure therapy in substance use disorders [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Craving is recognized as an important diagnosis criterion for substance use disorders (SUDs) and a predictive factor of relapse. Various methods to study craving exist, however, suppressing craving to successfully promote abstinence remains an unmet ...
Antoine eHone-Blanchet, Tobias eWensing, Shirley eFecteau, Shirley eFecteau   +3 more
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The efficacy of conventional and technology assisted cue exposure therapy for treating substance use disorders: a qualitative systematic review [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundCue Exposure Therapy (CET) is a behavioristic psychological intervention for treating substance use disorders (SUDs). Recently, CET has been examined in technology-assisted formats to increase intervention efficacy.
Daniel Thaysen-Petersen, Sigurd Krogh Hammerum, Signe Wegmann Düring, Signe Wegmann Düring, Signe Wegmann Düring, Pia Veldt Larsen, Anders Fink-Jensen, Anders Fink-Jensen, Angelina I. Mellentin, Angelina I. Mellentin, Angelina I. Mellentin, Angelina I. Mellentin   +11 more
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Virtual Reality Therapy Assistants for Adjunctive Cue Exposure Training in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (VITAACue-AUD): Protocol for a Technical Feasibility Study [PDF]

JMIR Research Protocols
BackgroundAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with a substantial individual and societal burden. Cue exposure approaches can support treatment by targeting conditioned cue reactivity and high-risk contextual associations.
Kornelius I Kammler-Sücker, Carolin Heizmann, Katharina Eidenmueller, Leon Werner, Thomas Prexl, Frank Rust, Rolf-Dieter Schiermeyer, Melissa R M Mohr, Philipp Kellmeyer, Bernd Lenz   +9 more
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