Fighting Alcohol Craving Using Virtual Reality: the Role of Social Interaction

Craving is a cause of relapse in patients suffering from a substance use disorder. Cue-exposure therapy builds on eliciting feelings of craving in patients in safe and controlled environments to condition them to control these feelings. Different efficient and resource-friendly methods of eliciting craving exist, (such as written material, still pictures, etc.). However, these methods create knowl...