CREATING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR CURING ANXIETY DISORDERS

CREATING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR CURING ANXIETY DISORDERS

P.Nandini ¹,

M.Tech¹, CSE Dept¹, JNTUACEA¹, ANANTHAPURAMU¹ A.P¹, India¹

Abstract:

Nowadays, we observe an alarming increase in the number of people affected by mental disorders or phobias. These statistics are even more worrying if we take into account the fact that this type of conditions are really difficult to be treated. This project provides solution through the modern approach for treating various phobias. Virtual environments created by virtual reality tools can help to make the treatment of certain type of phobias. Also Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavior Therapy (VRCBT) is an effecting technology with promising results. In recent times Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) has become an interesting alternative for the treatment of anxiety disorders and several phobias. This project focuses on preventing Social Anxiety Disorders (SAD). Anxiety disorders are characterized by apprehension, tension, nervousness, or worry. Social phobia, as the most common anxiety disorder, is the unreasonable fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can bring on feelings of self-consciousness, judgement, evaluation, and inferiority, and can result in social isolation Unity is quickly becoming the default tool for virtual reality development due to its ease of use and ability to quickly prototype virtual reality applications with it. The unity application is a complete 3D environment suitable for laying out levels, creating menus, doing animation, writing scripts and organizing projects. Unity creates 3D environments for testing of the phobia

Key Words: Virtual reality, Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavior Therapy (VRCBT), Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET), Social Anxiety Disorders (SAD), Unity environment.