An extended version of a digital-face intervention known as avatar therapy is safe and effective for quieting auditory hallucinations in patients with psychosis.
A novel digital treatment designed to reduce the frequency of auditory hallucinations and associated distress in patients with psychosis has been shown to be safe and effective, results from the largest study of avatar therapy to date show.
With more than 300 participants, AVATAR2 is the largest trial to access avatar therapy to date, Garety, noted. The study included 345 participants from three sites in England and one in Scotland. All were randomly assigned to receive TAU alone , TAU plus AVATAR-Brief , or TAU plus AVATAR-Extended . Both the brief and the extended versions of AVATAR therapy showed improved mood and anxiety levels at 16 weeks and sustained improvement in well-being and recovery, the researchers noted.
Garety noted during a press briefing that AVATAR therapy has now been demonstrated to be safe across two large trials. “We’re pioneers in this work, and it now needs to be going international and into services,” she said. “We have had many people who hear voices say what an amazing experience this has been. So, I feel very proud and excited to have been able to be part of this.”
Still, he did note some study limitations, including whether there could have been some type of “digital placebo effect” from the therapy.
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