Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Reducing School Anxiety in Adolescents: Pilot Study

Gesa Beele   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Paula Liesong   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Sabine Bojanowski   ¹ , PhD ;   Kristian Hildebrand   ² , Prof Dr ;   Malte Weingart   ² , BSc ;   Julia Asbrand   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Christoph U Correll   ^{1, 4, 5} , Prof Dr Med ;   Nexhmedin Morina   ⁶ , Prof Dr ;   Peter J Uhlhaas   ^{1, 7} , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

² Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology, Berlin, Germany

³ Department of Clinical Psychology for Childhood and Adolescence, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hostra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY, United States

⁶ Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

⁷ Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally