Virtual Reality–Based Avatar Intervention for Eating Disorders: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Nina Kappel Hansen   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Emma Slebsager Ries   ¹ , MSc ;   Katrine Rasmussen   ¹ , MSc ;   Valentina Cardi   ³ , MSc, PhD ;   Anne Bryde   ^{2, 4} , MSc, PhD ;   Carsten Hjorthøj   ^{5, 6} , MBS, PhD ;   Nadia Micali   ⁴ , MD, PhD, MRCPsych ;   Thomas Ward   ^{7, 8} , MSc, PsyD ;   Louise Birkedal Glenthøj   ^{1, 2} , MSc, PhD, DMSc

¹ VIRTU Research Group, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Capital Region, Denmark

² Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

³ Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

⁴ Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research, Mental Health Center Ballerup, Copenhagen University Hospital, Ballerup, Capital Region, Denmark

⁵ Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Capital Region, Denmark

⁶ Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

⁷ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

⁸ South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom