Brave New Worlds: Virtual Reality Experiments Linking Psychosis and Social Environment

Brave New Worlds: Virtual Reality Experiments Linking Psychosis and Social Environment - Virtual Reality and psychosis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON39078

Enrollment

200

Registered

2013-02-19

Start date

2013-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-09-30

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Conditions

Paranoia Psychosis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Four groups with different liability to psychosis will be exposed to VR environments: 1) high liability: first episode psychosis patients [recruited from Parnassia Group, GGZ Delfland and GGZ Noord-Holland Noord], including DSM IV categories schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, mood disorder with psychotic features, brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder and psychotic disorder nos. 2) intermediate liability: individuals with either 2a. psychometrically defined risk [at risk mental state for psychosis, assessed at and recruited from Parnassia Group's Early Detection and Intervention Teams], or 2b. with familial risk: siblings from patients with psychotic disorder [Parnassia Group, GGZ Delfland and GGZ Noord-Holland Noord] 3) low liability: healthy controls without family history of psychotic disorders [volunteers].

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) IQ lower than 85 2) history of seizures / epilepsy 3) severe cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Degree of paranoia / physiological arousal / social anxiety in response to virtual social environments.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results