Virtual reality to combat anorexia nervosa

The aim of our study is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality in treating body perception disorders in adolescent patients hospitalised for anorexia nervosa in the child psychiatry department of the Salvator Hospital in Marseille.

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Bibliography

Nivière P, Da Fonseca D, Deruelle C, Bat-Pitault F. Use of virtual reality in eating disorders.
Encephale. 2021 Jun;47(3):263-269. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2020.11.003. Epub 2021 Apr 2.PMID: 33814164 French

Fisher S, Abdullah A, Charvin I, Da Fonseca D, Bat-Pitault F. Comparison of body image evaluation by virtual reality and paper-based figure rating scales in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: retrospective study. Eat Weight Disord – Stud Anorex Bulim Obes 2020;25:735–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00680-1.

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psychologist, neuropsychologist, neuroscientist

Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone located on the site of the Faculty of Medicine in Marseille (13005)