The Sandbox: VR iCBT for Children and Young People (CYP) in South Staffordshire

沙盒：南斯塔福德郡儿童和青少年 (CYP) 的 VR iCBT

• 批准号: 10055464
• 金额: $ 5.91万
• 依托单位: GET CEREBRAL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10055464
• 关键词: Sandbox; VR; iCBT; Children; Young

The Sandbox: VR iCBT for Young People is a six-month feasibility study to establish if further research and investment are worthwhile in the creation of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Young People aged 13-24 years.The increase in referrals to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services has increased by 81% from 2019 to 2021, and there has been a 59% increase in urgent and crisis care referrals for children and young people during the same period. The NHS is seeking solutions to cope with this massive increase in demand.For some children and young people (CYP) a program of information and exercises which helps them to understand how they are feeling, and build their own resilience (CBT) is all they need to help them feel better. For others, CBT can be combined with one-to-one therapy. If the individual is neurodiverse (autism or other neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behaviour), the struggle to access mental health support is harder. There is usually a wait for a diagnosis of the neurodiverse condition as well as a wait for diagnosis and treatment of their mental health problem. This is further compounded by the individual's challenges in direct communication with others.At Cerebral, we provide NHS mental health services for CYP online, including internet-based CBT(iCBT). We assess individual mental health status and improvement through a widely-used and validated assessment tool, YP-CORE.Our iCBT has been very popular with CYP, especially those who are neurodiverse. Neurodiverse young people have been excited by the online exercises, completing them in rapid succession, and reviewing them when needed. We are seeing improvements in all young people's mental health which exceeds expected outcomes from standard services.We are hugely excited about the potential for Virtual Reality technology to tackle some of the biggest challenges in young people's mental health and transform lives for the better. By adapting our iCBT modules to be used through a VR headset the CYP is immersed in a virtual world, free of distractions, to focus on their exercises, improving their mental health, whilst having fun.We have already adapted one module of iCBT for VR, and want to test the practicality, cost, and acceptability of a potential program of VR iCBT with NHS stakeholders and young people.At the end of this project, we will have a decision about future development and an outline plan of how this would be done.

Sandbox：青少年虚拟认知行为疗法是一项为期六个月的可行性研究，旨在确定是否值得进一步研究和投资，为13-24岁的青少年创建认知行为疗法（CBT）。从2019年到2021年，转介到儿童和青少年心理健康服务的人数增加了81%，同期，儿童和青少年的紧急和危机护理转诊增加了59%。NHS正在寻求解决方案来科普这一需求的巨大增长。对于一些儿童和年轻人来说，一个信息和锻炼计划可以帮助他们了解自己的感受，并建立自己的弹性（CBT）是他们所需要的帮助他们感觉更好。对于其他人，CBT可以与一对一治疗相结合。如果个体是神经多样性的（自闭症或其他神经学上非典型的思维或行为模式），获得心理健康支持的斗争就更难了。通常有一个等待的神经多样性条件的诊断，以及等待诊断和治疗他们的心理健康问题。在Cerebral，我们为在线的残疾人提供NHS心理健康服务，包括基于互联网的CBT（iCBT）。我们通过广泛使用和验证的评估工具YP-CORE评估个人心理健康状况和改善情况。我们的iCBT非常受欢迎，尤其是那些神经多样性的人。神经多样性的年轻人对在线练习感到兴奋，他们快速地完成了这些练习，并在需要时进行了复习。我们看到所有年轻人的心理健康状况都得到了改善，超过了标准服务的预期效果。我们对虚拟现实技术在解决年轻人心理健康方面的一些最大挑战和改善生活方面的潜力感到非常兴奋。通过调整我们的iCBT模块，使其通过VR耳机使用，使患者沉浸在虚拟世界中，不受干扰，专注于他们的锻炼，改善他们的心理健康，同时享受乐趣。我们已经将iCBT的一个模块调整为VR，并希望与NHS利益相关者和年轻人一起测试VR iCBT的实用性，成本和可接受性。在这个项目结束时，我们会就未来的发展作出决定，并就如何进行这项工作制订一个大纲计划。