Virtual reality-based training for mental health staff: a novel approach to increase empathy, compassion, and subjective understanding of service user experience.
Simon RichesHannah IannelliLisa ReynoldsHelen L FisherSean CrossChris AttoePublished in: Advances in simulation (London, England) (2022)
Virtual reality-based training has great potential for mental health staff, which could have important consequences in terms of improved staff empathy and reductions in harmful restrictive practices. Further research and funding for such training is necessary so that it can be more widely available.