Virtual Reality for Enhancing the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obesity With Binge Eating Disorder: Randomized Controlled Study With One-Year Follow-up

Gian Luca Cesa   ^{1, 2} , MSc, PsyD ;   Gian Mauro Manzoni   ^{3, 4} , PsyD, PhD (Psych) ;   Monica Bacchetta   ¹ , PsyD, PhD (Psych) ;   Gianluca Castelnuovo   ^{4, 5} , PsyD, PhD (Psych) ;   Sara Conti   ¹ , MSc, PsyD ;   Andrea Gaggioli   ^{1, 4} , MSc, PhD (Psych) ;   Fabrizia Mantovani   ⁶ , MSc, PhD (Psych) ;   Enrico Molinari   ^{3, 4} , MSc, PsyD ;   Georgina Cárdenas-López   ⁷ , Ph.D ;   Giuseppe Riva   ^{1, 4} , MSc, PhD (Psych)

¹ Applied Technology for Neuro Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy

² Centro Obesità e Nutrizione Clinica (CONC), Ospedale Privato Accreditato Villa Igea, Forlì (FC), Italy

³ Psychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy

⁴ Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

⁵ Psychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Intra, Italy

⁶ CESCOM-Centre for Research in Communication Sciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

⁷ Laboratorio de Enseñanza Virtual y Ciberpsicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Mexico