(NU/1433-3) Immersive Virtual Reality intervention for anxiety: Commercialisation of university research through provision of management skills to assist in successful spin-out com...

Professor Jeremy Parr and colleagues at Newcastle University and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (NTW) have developed a manualised modified Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) intervention to treat situation specific phobia in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Training materials for health professionals have been created. The intervention is delivered over four sessions in an immersive VR room where the participant works with a therapist to gradually be exposed to their feare...