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Mar Rus-Calafell is an active researcher at King's College London, specializing in the application of virtual reality (VR) technologies to mental health treatment. Her work focuses on psychosis, schizophrenia, and auditory hallucinations, particularly through innovative interventions like AVATAR Therapy. She contributes to advancing clinical psychology and psychiatry through randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews.
Research Interests: Her expertise spans VR-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), social functioning in psychosis, and the psychometric evaluation of therapeutic outcomes. She explores how multi-level VR paradigms can improve social performance and generalize therapeutic gains in clinical settings.
Recent Work: Recent publications highlight VR's role in treating mental health conditions such as PTSD, eating disorders, and psychosis. She collaborates internationally on projects like AVATAR2, a multi-center trial evaluating AVATAR Therapy for distressing voices.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates on the AVATAR2 project, a multidisciplinary effort involving clinical psychologists, software engineers, and psychiatrists to refine therapeutic VR applications.
