El sistema de realidad virtual EMMA-Child para el tratamiento del trauma infantilexperiencias iniciales

  1. Mavi Alcántara 1
  2. Maravillas Castro 1
  3. Antonia Martínez 1
  4. Visitación Fernández 1
  5. Concepción López-Soler 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia, España
Journal:
Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes

ISSN: 2340-8340

Year of publication: 2017

Issue Title: Monográfico Aplicaciones de las TICs a la evaluación y terapia infanto-juvenil

Volume: 4

Issue: 3

Pages: 26-34

Type: Article

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Abstract

The EMMA-CHILD virtual reality system for the treatment of childhood trauma: Initial experiences. Over the last decade Child Maltreatment has come to be considered a public health problem. Numerous studies analyzing its direct effects on children’s mental health report a high prevalence in internalizing and externalizing disorders as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cognitive Behavioral-Trauma Focused Therapy is the only treatment methodology which has been considered well established and as an effective treatment in the child-juvenile population. The technique of prolonged exposure is considered of choice for the treatment of PTSD, although many patients present difficulties in carrying it out. Virtual reality has become an alternative that facilitates the technique of exposure. Several systematic reviews have recently been published endorse the efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Based Therapy (VR-EBT) for the treatment of PTSD in the adult population. However, there are no studies on this therapy in the child and adolescent populations. The virtual reality system known as “EMMA’S WORLD” has been used in the adult population and based on this, the GUIIA-PC research team carried out the first adaptation in 2008 of this system called “EMMA-Child” in children who suffered chronic intra-family maltreatment. The present work aims to present the first experiences in the application of EMMA-Child in 8 children, highlighting how there are advantages over traditional treatment, and the scores before and after treatment in symptoms of anxiety, depression, anger, and hostility, adaptation, and post-traumatic stress

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