Mixing psychology and HCI in evaluation of augmented reality mental health technology
Maja Wrzesien, Jean‐Marie Burkhardt, Mariano Alcañíz, Cristina Botella · 2011
Recent studies present Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy (ARET) as a potentially effective technology in the Mental Health (MH) field. This study evaluates the ARET system applied to treatment of cockroach phobia in a clinical setting. The results seem to show that the ARET system is useful in helping the therapist construct a therapeutic relationship with the client. ARET also produces a visible reduction in the clients' clinical measures. Possible implications in terms of future design and evaluation methodologies are discussed.