bekhterevОбозрение психиатрии и медицинской психологии имени В.М.БехтереваV.M. BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY2313-70532713-055XV. M. BEKHTEREV NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH10.31363/2313-7053-2021-1-18-24bekhterev-530Research ArticleНАУЧНЫЕ ОБЗОРЫSCIENTIFIC REVIEWПерспективы использования технологий виртуальной реальности (VR) в терапии пациентов с психическими расстройствами (обзор зарубежной литературы)Outlook of applying of virtual reality (VR) technologies in the treatment of patients with mental disorders (review of foreign literature)https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-0694ФрейзеВ. B.FreizeV. V.

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v.freize@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5470-4359МалышкоЛ. В.MalyshkoL. V.

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lora5497@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-0243ГрачевГ. И.GrachevG. I.

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grachev@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3754-0791ДутовВ. Б.DutovV. B.

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nvs@bekhterev.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-8800СеменоваН. В.SemenovaN. V.

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nvs@bekhterev.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-4206НезнановН. Г.NeznanovN. G.

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nezn@bekhterev.ruНациональный медицинский исследовательский центр психиатрии и неврологии им. В.М. БехтереваРоссияNational Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology named after V. M. BekhterevRussian FederationПервый Санкт-Петербургский медицинский университет им. И.П. ПавловаРоссияPavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical UniversityRussian FederationПсихоневрологический диспансер № 1; Северо-Западный государственный медицинский университет им. И.И. МечниковаРоссияPsychoneurological dispensary №1; North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. MechnikovRussian FederationНациональный медицинский исследовательский центр психиатрии и неврологии им. В.М. Бехтерева; Первый Санкт-Петербургский медицинский университет им. И.П. ПавловаРоссияNational Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology named after V. M. Bekhterev; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical UniversityRussian Federation2021120420215511824Copyright © Фрейзе В.B., Малышко Л.В., Грачев Г.И., Дутов В.Б., Семенова Н.В., Незнанов Н.Г., 20212021Фрейзе В.B., Малышко Л.В., Грачев Г.И., Дутов В.Б., Семенова Н.В., Незнанов Н.Г.Freize V.V., Malyshko L.V., Grachev G.I., Dutov V.B., Semenova N.V., Neznanov N.G.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.bekhterevreview.com/jour/article/view/530

Целью исследования было обобщение данных зарубежных исследований о применении технологии виртуальной реальности (VR) в лечении пациентов с различными психическими расстройствами.

Материалы и методы

Материалы и методы: отобраны и проанализированы статьи в базах MEDLINE/PubMed с 2000 по 2020 гг., а также релевантные ссылки в списках литературы анализированных статей. Из 575 англоязычных статей в дальнейший анализ были включены 45 статей.

Результаты

Результаты: Применение технологий VR в терапии психических расстройств представляется одним из перспективных направлений в развитии психиатрии. Успешность применения подобных методов у пациентов с расстройствами пищевого поведения, тревожно-фобическими расстройствами и обсессивно-компульсивным расстройством имеет доказательные подтверждения. Имеются данные об эффективности применения подобных методов и у пациентов, страдающих шизофренией, в частности, одним из наиболее значимых результатов является повышение социального функционирования. Отсутствие данных о выраженных побочных эффектах позволяет рассматривать VR-терапию как достаточно безопасный метод. Есть необходимость дальнейшего изучения сфер приложения VR-терапии и проведения исследований, в частности, по выявлению возможных побочных эффектов данного метода.

Заключение

Заключение: Полученные результаты важны для привлечения внимания к перспективе использования VR-технологий в отечественной психиатрии и демонстрируют необходимость дальнейшего изучения данного метода.

The purpose of the study was to summarize data from foreign studies about the use of virtual reality (VR) technology in the treatment of patients with various mental disorders.

Materials and methods

Materials and methods: we selected and analyzed articles from MEDLINE / PubMed databases during the period from 2000 till 2020, as well as relevant references in the bibliography of the analyzed articles. 45 articles were included in further analysis from 575 English-language articles.

Results

Results: The use of VR technologies in the treatment of mental disorders appears to be one of the promising directions in psychiatry. The successfulness of these methods in patients with eating disorders, anxiety-phobic disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder is supported to be evidentiary information. There is evidence of the effectiveness of such methods in patients with schizophrenia, particularly, one of the most significant results is an increase in social functioning. The absence of side effects data makes it possible to consider t VR therapy as a safe method. It is needed to make further study the areas of application of VR therapy and conduct research to identify possible side effects of this method.

Conclusion

Conclusion: The obtained results are important for drawing attention to the prospect of using VR technologies in Russian psychiatry and demonstrate the need for further study of this method.

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