Virtual reality and paranoid ideations in people with an 'at-risk mental state' for psychosis

L R Valmaggia; Daniel Freeman; Catherine Green; P Garety; D Swapp; A Antley; Corinne Prescott; D Fowler; E Kuipers; P Bebbington; M Slater; M Broome; P K McGuire

doi:10.1192/bjp.191.51.s63

Virtual reality and paranoid ideations in people with an 'at-risk mental state' for psychosis

L R Valmaggia, Daniel Freeman, Catherine Green, P Garety, D Swapp, A Antley, Corinne Prescott, D Fowler, E Kuipers, P Bebbington, M Slater, M Broome, P K McGuire

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Abstract

Background Virtual reality provides a means of studying paranoid thinking in controlled laboratory conditions. However, this method has not been used with a clinical group.

Aims To establish the feasibility and safety of using virtual reality methodology in people with an at-risk mental state and to investigate the applicability of a cognitive model of paranoia to this group.

Method Twenty-one participants with an at-risk mental state were assessed before and after entering a virtual reality environment depicting the inside of an underground train.

Results Virtual reality did not raise levels of distress at the time of testing or cause adverse experiences over the subsequent week. Individuals attributed mental states to virtual reality characters including hostile intent. Persecutory ideation in virtual reality was predicted by higher levels of trait paranoia, anxiety, stress, immersion in virtual reality, perseveration and interpersonal sensitivity.

Conclusions Virtual reality is an acceptable experimental technique for use with individuals with at-risk mental states. Paranoia in virtual reality was understandable in terms of the cognitive model of persecutory delusions.

Declaration of interest None.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S63-S68
Number of pages	6
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	191
Issue number	SUPPL. 51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.191.51.s63
Publication status	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

COGNITIVE MODEL
THERAPY
SELF
SYMPTOMS
SCHIZOPHRENIA
PERSECUTORY DELUSIONS

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Valmaggia, L. R., Freeman, D., Green, C., Garety, P., Swapp, D., Antley, A., Prescott, C., Fowler, D., Kuipers, E., Bebbington, P., Slater, M., Broome, M., & McGuire, P. K. (2007). Virtual reality and paranoid ideations in people with an 'at-risk mental state' for psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(SUPPL. 51), S63-S68. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.191.51.s63

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