Virtual reality exposure therapy offers progressive treatment for gambling addiction, by confronting the patient with gambling situations in a controlled environment.
C2Care supports practitioners in this behavioral treatment approach.
Exposure to gambling situations can be relevant in supporting patients suffering from gambling addiction. However, reproducing these situations in consultation is not always simple.
A casino, an evening with friends or a gaming session at home depend on a particular context or the presence of third parties. Their repetition and progression at the patient's pace remain difficult to master in the office.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate some of these contexts directly in the office, in a controlled and reproducible environment.
The C2Care environments allow you to recreate situations associated with the desire to play and gradually integrate them during the sessions.
In the atmosphere of a casino, the patient is exposed to stimuli that trigger the desire to gamble. He may also be faced with gaming situations at home, a frequent trigger for online gaming.
These situations can be repeated and gradually integrated into the practitioner's protocol in order to work with the patient on craving, as well as the thoughts, emotions and automatisms associated with gambling.
VRET
The practitioner seats the patient on a swivel chair and fits them with the virtual reality headset
Using the control interface, the practitioner selects the environment suited to the session's goals and starts the exposure.
During immersion, the practitioner supports the patient using a visual feed and can adjust the exposure scene in real time
Environments
Each environment recreates a consumption situation linked to gambling addiction, for progressive and controlled exposure.
The casino allows you to work on exposure to gambling and betting stimuli.
The lottery point of sale reproduces a real gambling solicitation situation.
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Solène Montègue
Neuropsychiatrist
The developments C2Care is currently integrating into the interface are very promising and meet the established therapeutic objectives [...]: offering tailored exercises that can be adapted to levels of dependency, cognitive disorders, and patients' real-time responses.
Samia Lahya
Psychiatrist
With the acquisition of new equipment [...] and updates to the C2Care programs, its use has expanded even further: OCD, phobias, addictions, anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD. Ten years later, it is no longer merely a curiosity, but a genuine therapeutic tool that is stimulating, innovative, and effective.
Sabrina Gineau
Psychologist
I incorporate this technology into brief therapies lasting two to four months, with one session per week. I begin with relaxation techniques and, when patients are ready, we proceed. It makes it much easier to expose people to these situations.
Noël Schepers
Psychologist
Virtual reality can enrich and personalize treatment, facilitate patient-therapist collaboration in developing the treatment plan, and add a playful dimension. The possibilities for development and application are immense and extend to every area of psychology and psychotherapy.
MĂ©lanie Boucherot
Psychologist
The value of this technology [C2Care] lies in offering new possibilities for therapeutic support and expanding the range of tools available to healthcare professionals.
François Maltese
Psychologist
For several months, we have been using virtual reality in habituation therapies. Before the procedure, patients are progressively and immersively exposed to their future medical environment and psychologically prepared to accept it.
Dre Marie-Claude Roberge
Doctor of Psychology
Since 2022, we have been using virtual reality therapy with the C2Care platform to simulate exposure to aversive stimuli and triggers that cause anxiety. Exposure therapy is used to treat specific phobias, including fear of heights, enclosed spaces, flying, dogs, emetophobia, and many others.
Dr Laure Du Pouget
Urologist
Using a virtual reality headset for self-hypnosis during prostate biopsies creates a calm atmosphere for a procedure that can sometimes be uncomfortable, even with effective local anesthesia...
Delphine Py
Psychologist
Thank you to C2Care for providing innovative virtual reality solutions to support CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)! A major step forward in making exposure exercises easier and helping our patients overcome their phobias.
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FAQ
Find the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners about this virtual reality support.
The patient is gradually exposed to gaming situations that trigger his desire, such as the atmosphere of a casino, in immersive environments controlled by the practitioner. This graduated exposure helps reduce cravings and build resistance over sessions.
Patients wishing to control or stop their gambling can benefit from the virtual reality exposure. The practitioner builds a course adapted to gaming situations that maintain behavioral dependence.
C2Care has been testing its virtual reality software in hospitals since 2016. This clinical experience has made it possible to refine the immersive environments, including those dedicated to gambling addiction, and to adapt them to the needs of practitioners and their patients.
A virtual environment is an immersive scene reproducing a consumption situation. The practitioner adjusts his difficulty gradually in order to expose the patient to a controlled, secure setting adapted to his cessation journey.
Virtual reality is not dangerous in itself. It can cause cybersickness in around 10% of people, with temporary nausea or disorientation. Exposure remains graduated and constantly supervised by a practitioner to limit this risk.
Psychologists, psychiatrists and addictologists can integrate virtual reality into their practice. It can be used both in CHU hospitals and clinics and in private practices, depending on the needs of the practitioner and their patients.
The interactive aspect promotes patient engagement and adherence to treatment. Adaptable environments make it possible to precisely adjust each exercise to the person's journey, while maintaining complete control of the exposure in real time.
Yes. Apart from sessions supervised by the practitioner, the patient can repeat the exposure independently, at home, as many times as necessary to consolidate what they have learned and strengthen their ability to manage consumption situations.
Yes, all of C2Care's immersive environments are grouped together in a single application. The practitioner can thus move from one addiction to another and personalize their care without changing tools or platforms.
Our technical service can be reached via live chat directly from your control platform. In the event of a problem with the VR headset, a diagnosis is made and the defective equipment is replaced within 48 hours if necessary, to ensure continuity of care.
