Mental health services in the metaverse: potential and concerns

Sophie Gloeckler; Nikola Biller-Andorno

doi:10.57187/smw.2023.40089

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Mental health services in the metaverse: potential and concerns

Sophie Gloeckler
Nikola Biller-Andorno

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2023.40089
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2023;153:40089
Published: 26.04.2023

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Robertson-Preidler J , Biller-Andorno N , Johnson TJ . What is appropriate care? An integrative review of emerging themes in the literature. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Jun;17(1):452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2357-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2357-2
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Plechatá A , Makransky G , Böhm R . Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5(1):132. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x

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Gloeckler S, Biller-Andorno N. Mental health services in the metaverse: potential and concerns. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 26 [cited 2024 Nov. 27];153(4):40089. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/3322

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[1] Riva G , Di Lernia D , Sajno E , Bartolotta S , Serino S , Gaggioli A , et al. Virtual Reality Therapy in the Metaverse: Merging VR for the Outside with VR for the Inside. Annu Rev Cybertherapy Telemed. 2021;19:3–8.

[2] Robertson-Preidler J , Biller-Andorno N , Johnson TJ . What is appropriate care? An integrative review of emerging themes in the literature. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Jun;17(1):452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2357-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2357-2

[3] GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators . Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022 Feb;9(2):137–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00395-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00395-3

[4] Rosenberg LB . Regulating the Metaverse, a Blueprint for the Future. Volume 13445. pp. 263–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15546-8_23 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15546-8_23

[5] Cerasa A , Gaggioli A , Marino F , Riva G , Pioggia G . The promise of the metaverse in mental health: the new era of MEDverse. Heliyon. 2022 Nov;8(11):e11762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11762 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11762

[6] Glanz K , Rizzo A , Graap K . Virtual reality for psychotherapy: current reality and future possibilities. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2003;40(1-2):55–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.40.1-2.55 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.40.1-2.55

[7] Lee CW . Application of Metaverse Service to Healthcare Industry: A Strategic Perspective. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct;19(20):13038. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013038 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013038

[8] Usmani SS , Sharath M , Mehendale M . Future of mental health in the metaverse. Gen Psychiatr. 2022 Jul;35(4):e100825. https://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2022-100825 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2022-100825

[9] Dwivedi YK , Hughes L , Baabdullah AM , Ribeiro-Navarrete S , Giannakis M , Al-Debei MM , et al. Metaverse beyond the hype: multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy. Int J Inf Manage. 2022;66102542:102542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102542 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102542

[10] Curtis C , Brolan CE . Health care in the metaverse. Med J Aust. 2023 Jan;218(1):46. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51793 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51793

[11] Petrigna L , Musumeci G . The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2022 Aug;7(3):63. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7030063 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7030063

[12] Smith C , Rasool J , Molka-Danielsen J , Webb Benjamin JB . The World as an Interface: Exploring the Ethical Challenges of the Emerging Metaverse. In: 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; 2023 Feb 15; Uniter States. [place, publisher, date unknown].

[13] Ali S , Abdullah , Armand TP , Athar A , Hussain A , Ali M , et al. Metaverse in Healthcare Integrated with Explainable AI and Blockchain: Enabling Immersiveness, Ensuring Trust, and Providing Patient Data Security. Sensors (Basel). 2023 Jan;23(2):565. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020565 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020565

[14] Lush V , Buckingham C , Edwards S , Bernardet U . Towards Accessible Mental Healthcare through Augmented Reality and Self-Assessment Tools. Int. J. Onl. Eng. 2020;16(04):33. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v16i04.12095 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v16i04.12095

[15] Plechatá A , Makransky G , Böhm R . Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5(1):132. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x