Digital characters – avatars – could help people with psychosis hear voices less often and reduce the distress caused by ...

Confronting an avatar on a computer screen helped patients hearing voices to cope better with hallucinations, a UK trial has found. Patients who received this therapy became less distressed and ...

Before the therapy, participants work with a therapist to create a computerized visual representation of the voice that they hear (the avatar). Therapy involves a three-way conversation between ...

The treatment, named AVATAR, helps people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices – a key symptom of the condition. People with schizophrenia commonly ...

People receiving AVATAR-Extended therapy reported major improvements in distress and intensity of troubling voices after 16 weeks, with lasting benefits for mood and well-being. Study: Digital ...