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Chris Geraets is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands. His work focuses on psychiatry, psychology, and virtual reality applications for mental health.
- Current affiliation: Researcher at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
- Secondary role: Docent (lecturer) in Innovation & Research at PPO
Research interests span virtual reality interventions, social cognition training, paranoid ideation, and aggression prevention in psychotic disorders. He specializes in ecological momentary assessments and cognitive behavioral therapy augmentation with VR.
Recent publications analyze stress-reactivity patterns in psychosis treatment and nonverbal correlates of paranoia. His 2025 studies examine mental state-functioning dynamics post-psychosis remission.
- 2021: ZonMW GGZ onderzoeks fellowship recipient
- 2020: Completed PhD thesis on social environments in mental health
Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on multicenter trials and health-economic evaluations of VR therapies. Active in forensic psychiatry and intellectual disability interventions.
