Vex: Virtual Exposure in the Treatment of Mental Disorders

Exposure therapy, whilst recognised as the most effective method for treating phobias and specific anxiety disorders, is associated with various limitations and problems. Environmental factors, safety considerations and other circumstances present challenges for both the therapist and the patient that cannot always be overcome. VEX is an innovative treatment option. VEX makes it possible to overcome the aforementioned problems and offers safe exposure therapy in the strict sense of the term. Both the therapist and the patient can concentrate on the therapy within the safe environment of the practice and are protected from the elements. This also offers various other possibilities, such as the measurement of physiological data including heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and so on. In this way, the therapeutic process and session can be made even safer.