Study of the influence of virtual reality technology on the psycho-emotional state of healthy volunteers

Background. Mental disorders occupy a leading position in modern medicine and bear the burden of significant economic costs associated with the treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Non-drug strategies of assistance have a number of significant advantages, including optimization of medical personnel resources, elimination of the need for the period of selection and titration of drug dosages, as well as avoidance of waiting for the effects of pharmacotherapy. Data are accumulating on the possibilities of using virtual reality technologies for the correction of mental disorders, which makes promising studies aimed at transferring relaxation practices to high-tech platforms.