Digital health
2026
Michael R MacIntyre
As direct-to-consumer ketamine prescriptions obtained via telehealth in the United States, along with psychedelic support, proliferate, some patients are turning to general-purpose chatbots as de facto "therapists" in unmonitored settings. These AI-guided altered-state sessions carry significant ethical, clinical, and legal risks. Current AI tools are not licensed professionals, lack consistent...
Digital health
2026
Youn-Soo Lee, Jaesang Hwang, Bo-Young Youn
To evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR)-based mindfulness intervention in reducing ADHD symptoms and improving cognitive and psychosocial outcomes among college students, compared to a non-immersive, video-based mindfulness control. In this trial, 64 college students screening positive for ADHD symptoms (ASRS v1.1) were randomized 1:1 to an intervention group using the Headspace...
Digital health
2025
Yun-Jung Choi, Na-Rae Lee
1 citation
There is a significant need for an effective and convenient symptom management and healing program for people experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms; however, research on this topic is lacking. This study explored the experiences of individuals with PTSD who used a mobile traumatic stress management app with neurofeedback-based meditation and binaural beat music to promote...
Digital health
2025
Yongxin Luo, Yaoyao Zhang, Yuqing Zhai et al.
This study builds on brief focused mindfulness meditation (BFMM) to examine its associations with physiological indices and electroencephalographic (EEG) neural features related to stress in young adults. In addition, deep learning models are employed to identify complex, nonlinear patterns in EEG signals during BFMM, aiming to determine the most effective classification model. Twenty-nine...
Digital health
2024
Alissa Wieczorek, Florian Schrank, Karl-Heinz Renner et al.
19 citations
In the past two decades, mindfulness, rooted in Buddhist traditions, has gained considerable scientific interest. Virtual reality (VR) technology, in particular head-mounted displays, offers immersive experiences and is examined in this systematic review in terms of VR-based mindfulness interventions and their effects on psychological and physiological health outcomes. Using the Preferred...
Digital health
2024
Yanying Chen, Tianyang Wang, Yuxi Tan et al.
2 citations
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a virtual reality (VR) program designed and developed based on the hallucinogenic harm reduction and integration (PHRI) clinical model could be more effective in guiding positive thinking training, improving positive thinking awareness and ability, and, to some extent, facilitating personal efficacy and emotional state compared to a...
Digital health
2023
Sanjana Mendu, Sebrina L Doyle Fosco, Stephanie T. Lanza et al.
5 citations
Chronic pain is a critical public health issue affecting approximately 20% of the adult population in the United States. Given the opioid crisis, there has been an urgent focus on non-addictive pain management methods including mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Prior work has successfully used MBSR for pain management. However, ensuring longitudinal engagement in MBSR practices remains...