The Use of Virtual Reality Facilitates Dialectical Behavior Therapy® “Observing Sounds and Visuals” Mindfulness Skills Training Exercises for a Latino Patient with Severe Burns: A Case Study
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The Use of Virtual Reality Facilitates Dialectical Behavior Therapy® “Observing Sounds and Visuals” Mindfulness Skills Training Exercises for a Latino Patient with Severe Burns: A Case StudyAuthor (s)
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2017-09-25Publisher
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GÓMEZ, Jocelyn; HOFFMAN, Hunter G.; BISTRICKY, Steven; GONZÁLEZ, Miriam; ROSENBERG, Laura; SAMPAIO, Mariana; GARCÍA-PALACIOS, Azucena; NAVARRO HARO, María Vicente; ALHALABI, Wadee; ROSENBERG, Marta; MEYER III, Walter J.; LINEHAN, Marsha. The Use of Virtual Reality Facilitates Dialectical Behavior Therapy® “Observing Sounds and Visuals” Mindfulness Skills Training Exercises for a Latino Patient with Severe Burns: A Case Study. Frontiers in Psychology (2017), v. 8Type
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Abstract
Sustaining a burn injury increases an individual’s risk of developing psychological
problems such as generalized anxiety, negative emotions, depression, acute stress
disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. ... [+]
Sustaining a burn injury increases an individual’s risk of developing psychological
problems such as generalized anxiety, negative emotions, depression, acute stress
disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Despite the growing use of Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy® (DBT®) by clinical psychologists, to date, there are no published
studies using standard DBT® or DBT® skills learning for severe burn patients. The current
study explored the feasibility and clinical potential of using Immersive Virtual Reality (VR)
enhanced DBT® mindfulness skills training to reduce negative emotions and increase
positive emotions of a patient with severe burn injuries. The participant was a hospitalized
(in house) 21-year-old Spanish speaking Latino male patient being treated for a large
(>35% TBSA) severe flame burn injury.
Methods: The patient looked into a pair of Oculus Rift DK2 virtual reality goggles to
perceive the computer-generated virtual reality illusion of floating down a river, with rocks,
boulders, trees, mountains, and clouds, while listening to DBT® mindfulness training
audios during 4 VR sessions over a 1 month period. Study measures were administered
before and after each VR session.
Results: As predicted, the patient reported increased positive emotions and decreased
negative emotions. The patient also accepted the VR mindfulness treatment technique.
He reported the sessions helped him become more comfortable with his emotions and
he wanted to keep using mindfulness after returning home.
Conclusions: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an empirically validated treatment
approach that has proved effective with non-burn patient populations for treating many
of the psychological problems experienced by severe burn patients. The current case study explored for the first time, the use of immersive virtual reality enhanced DBT®
mindfulness skills training with a burn patient. The patient reported reductions in negative
emotions and increases in positive emotions, after VR DBT® mindfulness skills training.
Immersive Virtual Reality is becoming widely available to mainstream consumers, and
thus has the potential to make this treatment available to a much wider number of patient
populations, including severe burn patients. Additional development, and controlled
studies are needed. [-]
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Frontiers in Psychology (2017), v. 8Investigation project
1) Shriners Hospital for Children grant (award ID #71011-GAL, PI Walter Meyer); 2) NIH grants R01GM042725, R01AR054115, and by 3) Effat University Research and Consultancy Institute, in Jeddah Saudi Arabia.Rights
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