Initially designed for the treatment of phobias, the use of virtual reality in phobic disorders has expanded to other mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, psychosis, and autism spectrum disorder. The goal of this review is to provide an accessible understanding of why this approach is important for future practice, given its potential to provide clinically relevant information associated with the assessment and treatment of people suffering from mental illness. Most of the evidence is available for the use of virtual reality exposure therapy in anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. There is hardly any evidence that virtual reality therapy is effective in generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. There is increasing evidence that cue exposure therapy is effective in addiction and eating disorders. Studies into the use of virtual reality therapy in psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD are promising. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Volume 17 is May 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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心理健康中的虚拟现实疗法。

虚拟现实最初是为恐惧症的治疗而设计的，已将其用于恐惧症中，已扩展到其他心理健康疾病，例如创伤后应激障碍，与物质有关的疾病，饮食失调，精神病和自闭症谱系障碍。鉴于本方法有可能提供与评估和治疗精神疾病患者相关的临床相关信息的潜力，所以本综述的目的是提供一种可理解的途径，以了解这种方法为何对将来的实践很重要。大多数证据可用于在焦虑症和创伤后应激障碍中使用虚拟现实暴露疗法。几乎没有证据表明虚拟现实疗法可有效治疗广泛性焦虑症和强迫症。越来越多的证据表明，提示暴露疗法对成瘾和饮食失调有效。对在精神病，自闭症谱系障碍和多动症中使用虚拟现实疗法进行研究的前景广阔。《临床心理学年度评论》（第17卷）的最终最终在线发布日期为2021年5月。有关修订的估算，请参见http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates。