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Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Schizophrenia
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1379541

Application of a virtual reality-based cognitive-behavioural therapy of social phobia in the treatment of inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia and social anxiety -a feasibility study

Provisionally accepted
Izabela Stefaniak Izabela Stefaniak 1*Ada Aleksandrowicz Ada Aleksandrowicz 2
  • 1 Uczelnia Łazarskiego, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland
  • 2 Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland

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    We wish to submit an original research article entitled: Application of a protocol for cognitive-behavioral therapy of social phobia in the treatment of patients with diagnosed schizophrenia and co-occurring social anxiety. for consideration by Frontiers Psychiatry We confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The study described herein is a preliminary study that evaluated the use of a standard protocol for cognitive-behavioural therapy in the treatment of social phobia, in which social exposure uses virtual reality (CBT + VRET). The study was conducted in a group of inpatients in a clinical psychiatric unit. Our preliminary study indicate that the use of a standard CBT therapy protocol combined with virtual reality exposures may be an interesting therapeutic option for people diagnosed with schizophrenia with social anxiety. However, this needs to be confirmed in a larger group of patients in a randomised clinical trial.

    Keywords: Formal analysis, investigation, methodology, Writing -original draft. Izabela Stefaniak: Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, project administration, resources

    Received: 31 Jan 2024; Accepted: 05 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Stefaniak and Aleksandrowicz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Izabela Stefaniak, Uczelnia Łazarskiego, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland

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