EVEN - Effects of VR on Empathy for Nature in Patients with Psychosis and Depressive Disorders
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Study group: Experimental study to evaluate empathy, compassion, and nature connectedness before and after an immersive virtual reality experience in patients with depressive disorder, patients with psychotic disorder and healthy control subjects (subjects between 18 and 65 years of age).
Primary hypothesis: The increase in nature connectedness explored by virtual body ownership of a tree in VR differs depending on the health condition (schizophrenia, depression, healthy controls).
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Inclusion criteria
- age: 18-65 years
- Inpatients and outpatients treated at the Psychiatric University Clinic of the Charité at St.
Hedwig Hospital
- diagnosis of depressive disorder (ICD-10: F32.X, F33.X) or diagnosis of schizophrenia (F20.X) or healthy controls without psychiatric diagnosis
- able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Acute suicidality or danger to others
- Primarily treatment-requiring eating disorder
- Acute dermatological condition affecting the hands that can distort skin conductivity measurements
- Control group: psychiatric or psychosomatic pre-diagnoses (except for the psychiatric active control group), other exclusion diagnoses corresponding to the patient group
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60 participants in 3 patient groups
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Alva Lütt, Dr. med.
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