Automated virtual reality therapy to treat needle fears (trypanophobia) in adolescents in England: a proof-of-concept cohort study and a Phase II randomised controlled trial

Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman, Eliot Farmer, Holly Turner, Rupert Ward, Andre Lages Miguel, Matthew Bousfield, Jack Myrick, Aitor Rovira, Helen McShane, Andrew J. Pollard, Felicity Waite, Sinéad Lambe, Amy Povey, Fiona Singleton, Hugo Senra, Ly-Mee Yu, Eve Twivy

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DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038
Published: 2026-07
Container: eClinicalMedicine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038,
  title = {Automated virtual reality therapy to treat needle fears (trypanophobia) in adolescents in England: a proof-of-concept cohort study and a Phase II randomised controlled trial},
  author = {Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman and Eliot Farmer and Holly Turner and Rupert Ward and Andre Lages Miguel and Matthew Bousfield and Jack Myrick and Aitor Rovira and Helen McShane and Andrew J. Pollard and Felicity Waite and Sinéad Lambe and Amy Povey and Fiona Singleton and Hugo Senra and Ly-Mee Yu and Eve Twivy},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {eClinicalMedicine},
  doi = {10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Automated virtual reality therapy to treat needle fears (trypanophobia) in adolescents in England: a proof-of-concept cohort study and a Phase II randomised controlled trial
AU  - Daniel Freeman
AU  - Jason Freeman
AU  - Eliot Farmer
AU  - Holly Turner
AU  - Rupert Ward
AU  - Andre Lages Miguel
AU  - Matthew Bousfield
AU  - Jack Myrick
AU  - Aitor Rovira
AU  - Helen McShane
AU  - Andrew J. Pollard
AU  - Felicity Waite
AU  - Sinéad Lambe
AU  - Amy Povey
AU  - Fiona Singleton
AU  - Hugo Senra
AU  - Ly-Mee Yu
AU  - Eve Twivy
PY  - 2026
JO  - eClinicalMedicine
DO  - 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038
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Freeman, D., Freeman, J., Farmer, E., Turner, H., Ward, R., Miguel, A. L., Bousfield, M., Myrick, J., Rovira, A., McShane, H., Pollard, A. J., Waite, F., Lambe, S., Povey, A., Singleton, F., Senra, H., Yu, L., & Twivy, E. (2026). Automated virtual reality therapy to treat needle fears (trypanophobia) in adolescents in England: a proof-of-concept cohort study and a Phase II randomised controlled trial. eClinicalMedicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104038

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