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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Morag Maskey, Emerita Professor Jacqueline Rodgers, Dr Victoria Grahame, Dr Magda GlodORCiD, Dr Emma Honey, Dr Marie Labus, Dr Dimitrios Minos, Emerita Professor Helen McConachie, Professor Jeremy Parr
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We examined the feasibility and acceptability of using an immersive virtual reality environment (VRE) alongside cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for young people with autism experiencing specific phobia. Thirty-two participants were randomised to treatment or control. Treatment involved one session introducing CBT techniques and four VRE sessions, delivered by local clinical therapists. Change in target behaviour was independently rated. Two weeks after treatment, four treatment participants (25%) and no control participants were responders; at six months after treatment, six (38%) treatment and no control participants were responders. At six months post-treatment, symptoms had worsened for one treatment and five control (untreated) participants. Brief VRE exposure with CBT is feasible and acceptable to deliver through child clinical services and is effective for some participants.
Author(s): Maskey M, Rodgers J, Grahame V, Glod M, Honey E, Kinnear J, Labus M, Milne J, Minos D, McConachie H, Parr JR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Year: 2019
Volume: 49
Issue: 5
Pages: 1912-1927
Print publication date: 01/05/2019
Online publication date: 15/02/2019
Acceptance date: 07/12/2018
Date deposited: 07/02/2019
ISSN (print): 0162-3257
ISSN (electronic): 1573-3432
Publisher: Springer
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3861-x
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3861-x
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