Recent study revealed that patients suffering from depression could be treated by means of virtual reality
Training for the purpose of treatment
Training is provided to the patients to be kindhearted towards a restless child while they are embodied. During the course of study, the child used to calm down while the patients are speaking and this gives appositive feedback for their concerned gesture. The patients used to imagine themselves in this virtual child that is able to deliver gestures and behave like a matured adult.
In the course of this study, i.e., for the period of three weeks, the patients are repeatedly treated with this scenario. This repetition has shown reduction in the symptoms of depression after the period of about a month. Significant reduction in the symptoms of depression has been experienced by some of the patients who became the subject of this study.
