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  • Behavioral Addiction Research
  • Immersive Technology in Mental Health
  • Digital Therapeutics

Background:

  • Growing use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) for substance and gambling disorders.
  • Limited exploration of AR/VR for other behavioral addictions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Provide an overview of AR/VR interventions for behavioral addictions.
  • Identify behavioral addictions treated with AR/VR.
  • Characterize AR/VR treatment approaches used.

Main Methods:

  • Scoping review following Arksey, O'Malley, Levac, and JBI frameworks.
  • Searched CINAHL, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google.
  • Included studies on any behavioral addiction/harm treated with AR/VR; excluded sexual disorders.

Main Results:

  • 9 studies reviewed: 4 on gaming, 5 on gambling disorders.
  • Only VR was used, for cue exposure therapy and skills training.
  • VR therapy was effective alone or combined with other treatments, comparable to traditional methods.

Conclusions:

  • VR is efficacious for behavioral addictions, potentially replacing or augmenting traditional methods.
  • Future research should explore VR with psychotherapy, other addictions, and side effects.
  • VR shows promise for behavioral addiction treatment, though AR yielded no results in this review.