CravingProbe: A System Combining Virtual Reality and Biofeedback Technologies to Assist Drug Psychotherapy

Chieh Jui Ho, Chi Ting Hou, Min Wei Hung, Chien Wen (tina) Yuan, Nanyi Bi, Ming Chyi Huang, Chuang Wen You

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Abstract

Virtual Reality has demonstrated its potential in drug psychotherapy. However, there is little research on the design space of VR experience combined with biofeedback in clinical settings for drug addiction that is aligned with treatment goals. We designed a prototype system, called CravingProbe, combining VR and biofeedback technologies to assist drug psychotherapy, and recruited three psychotherapists for a pilot user study to share their feedback from therapeutic perspectives. Results show that participants agreed that the system illustrates most of the typical real-life craving episodes and useful to discuss potential cravings experienced by patients. And, participants expressed willingness to and felt capable of using this system during drug psychotherapy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages555-559
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450384612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Sept 21
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 2021 Sept 212021 Sept 25

Publication series

NameUbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

Conference

Conference2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period2021/09/212021/09/25

Keywords

  • Biofeedback
  • Drug Addiction
  • Psychotherapy
  • Virtual Reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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