Design and implementation of virtual reality software with psychological treatment for drug-dependent patients.
- Author:
Bo YANG
1
;
Xu ZHAO
;
Yalin OU
;
Jingyu ZHANG
;
Qing LI
;
Zhihong LIU
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of Biological Effect of Physical Field and Instrument, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China. yb71728@cuit.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Computer Simulation;
Humans;
Psychotherapy;
methods;
Software;
Substance-Related Disorders;
psychology;
therapy;
User-Computer Interface;
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy;
methods
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2012;29(6):1174-1177
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
High relapse rate of drug-dependent patients is a serious problem in the current situation. The present article describes how to design and implement virtual reality technology for drug-dependent patients with psychological treatment, with the aim at the addiction withdrawal. The software was developed based on open-source game engine for 2D models. The form of a game simulates the actual style in the day-to-day living environment of drug-dependent patients and the temptation of using drugs. The software helps the patients deal with different scenarios and different event handling, cause their own thinking, and response to the temptation from high-risk environment and from other drug-dependent patients. The function of the software is close to the real life of drug-dependent patients, and has a prospect to become a new treatment to reduce the relapse rate of drug-dependence.
