Conclusions
phobia symptoms, anxiety
Mental healthcare access has traditionally been a global challenge. If anything, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for accessible, scalable, and affordable evidence-based mental health care, especially now that, as society reopens, ‘re-entry anxiety’ is on the rise. The results of this study confirm that a low-cost, highly scalable, and fully automated VR-CBT app can be an accessible and effective health care solution for reducing phobia symptoms. In doing so, it offers an accessible and scalable evidence-based treatment solution that can be applied globally at a fraction of the cost of current treatment alternatives.