Virtual reality may help alcoholics beat cravings
WEDNESDAY, June 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual reality therapy may help alcoholics battle their addiction, a small study from South Korea suggests.
Researchers recruited 12 people being treated for alcoholism for the study. The volunteers went through a week-long detoxification program and then did two sessions of virtual reality therapy a week for five weeks.
The patients were presented with three virtual scenes: a relaxing environment; a high-risk setting in a restaurant where other people were drinking; and an aversion situation that featured the sights, sounds and smells of people getting sick from drinking too much.
PET and CT brain scans suggested that the patients had a reduced craving for alcohol after the virtual reality therapy, according to the study.
The research is published in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
While it was a small study, the findings suggest virtual reality therapy could...
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