30/08/2026
Very interesting news from : therapists working with the Research Group at the University of Copenhagen Hospital’s services used specialised software to support treatment, creating an based on a patient’s description of the dominant voice she heard, adjusting its appearance and sound until it resembled her experience. The approach is based on the hypothesis that making an invisible symptom something patients can see, hear, and respond to can give them greater control over it.
The trial included 270 people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and persistent auditory hallucinations. Those assigned to the VR therapy received seven sessions, while the comparison group received standard care with additional supportive counselling. The results of the study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry in 2025, found that VR therapy significantly reduced the overall severity of auditory hallucinations after 12 weeks compared with the control group, while patients also heard voices less frequently at both 12 and 24 weeks.
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