There is a new therapy in which depressed people embody themselves in a virtual and graphical adult image. Then these patients will view an image of a crying child. In this therapy, patients have to wear a headset which will take them to a virtual reality mirror. In this mirror, there is a live adult image that patients will identify with, and that image will make all the movements and speak as if it was the patient. The role of the patient is to console and talk with a crying child to make her feel better. Then, when patients finish giving comfort to the child, the scientists will make some changes in patients’ headset so the roles will be reversed. Now, as a result of the headset change, the patients are embodied in the image of the child who is going to repeat back everything the patients said.
An experiment
was conducted with 15 patients, between the ages of 23-61 years old. Ten of
these patients were female and the rest were male and all of them were being
treated by the National Health Service (NHS) for depression. The results were positive
because nine of the people in the experiment said that their level of
depression decreased a month later. Professor Brewin, a lead author of this
study, said that through this therapy depressed patients are educated to be kinder
and less self-critical of themselves.
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