“Aggression should be treated with virtual reality”
“A Dutch approach to treat aggression will be tested in the forensic psychiatric clinic in Växjö. With the help of virtual reality, patients will help with treat aggression, reports SVT News Sweden.”
“Different types of provocations to be trained in the virtual environment, and scenarios can be tailored to the patients’ previous experiences. During the treatment is measured a patient’s pulse, and sweating.”
“– Now we can work out of situations that we have never been able to recreate the inside of the clinic. Hopefully we will be able to give patients the tools to deal with situations outside of the clinic, says Pain Wallinius, who leads the research project at the forensic psychiatric regionkliniken in Växjö, sweden, to SVT.”
“Method, previously tested in the Netherlands, is based on theories of how aggression is developed on the basis of experiences in childhood and adolescence.”
“the Pilot study, based on patients’ voluntary participation, can be in the time in Växjö next year.”
