Embedding virtual reality social skills training into return‐to‐work care for depression: A single‐arm feasibility pilot with exploratory autistic‐trait moderation
SST-VR was feasible. Because the single-arm add-on design cannot isolate SST-VR-specific effects from concurrent care and nonspecific influences, the KiSS-18 change is hypothesis-generating. Controlled comparisons with Re-Work alone in larger, more diverse samples should test efficacy, include objective behavioral and vocational outcomes, and prospectively evaluate moderation.
Authors
- Kentaro Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-6002)
- Yasuhisa Nakamura
- Yutaro Akaki
- Yuko Nakanishi
- Yuji Okuyama
Institutions
- Nihon Fukushi University (JP)
- Fujita Health University (JP)
- Fujita Health University Hospital (JP)
- Kishokai Medical Corporation (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pcn5.70289
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science