22‐2: Virtual Reality Technology in The Field of Mental Decompression Research

According to the World Mental Health Report, after the outbreak of the epidemic in China, the incidence rate of common mental diseases such as depression and anxiety has increased by 25%, and nearly 1 billion people suffer from mental diseases. According to statistics, more than 70% of people in China are in a state of sub‐health, the main reasons for sub‐health include academic pressure, fast pace of life, long working hours and psychological pressure. Traditional psychological stress treatment is through a face‐to‐face dialogue with a professional mental health professional to solve personal psychological stress or emotional problems, traditional psychological stress treatment requires the patient to go to the therapist's office, treatment also takes a period of time, which takes a lot of time for the patient. In addition, there is a high demand for psychological stress treatment services, and in some areas it may be difficult to make an appointment with a psychological stress therapist, and patients may have to wait a long time to get treatment. In response to the above problems, researchers have introduced virtual reality technology into psychological stress treatment, simulating various virtual environments to help individuals deal with psychological stress and mental health problems. In addition, this paper will discuss in detail the research results and application of virtual reality technology in the treatment of social anxiety disorder, test anxiety disorder, post‐traumatic stress disorder, fear of heights and other symptoms. At the same time, the current research content of the laboratory is also introduced, which takes the pre‐processed EEG signal as the basis for judging the patient's mood, and recommends VR videos that may make the patient relax, and the patients can achieve the purpose of decompression by watching VR videos.