VR Based Therapy to Treat Anxiety in Dual Diagnosis

TAU is an integrated voluntary inpatient treatment based on the principles of CBT, lasting between 12-20 weeks. This treatment includes exercise, close medical monitoring, group-based CBT for SUD, planning with social services, and is called Cognitive Milieu Therapy.

The experimental intervention is a manualized add-on to TAU and comprises eight sessions of 60 minutes over a period of four weeks. Of these eight sessions, six will include 30 minutes of VR-based behavioral experiments targeting agoraphobic and social fear.