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Effectiveness of VR therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adolescents and adults
By Wisi Zeng
VR therapy interventions show a positive effect on reducing anxiety in patients with anxiety disorders, but further high-quality studies are needed to confirm these findings due to limitations in the existing literature.
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The current findings suggest that VR therapy interventions have a positive effect on improving the anxiety state of patients with anxiety disorders. The aforementioned research findings must be confirmed by more high-caliber studies due to the number and quality limitations of the contained literature.
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