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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - schizophrenia]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Confronting voices with virtual reality: a hopeful therapy for schizophrenia]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e7349425-3156-4e17-9965-00ef85288030_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>People with schizophrenia can now face the voices they hear in their heads head-to-head. Thirty percent of patients with this disease who take antipsychotics continue to hear these voices despite their medication. Until now, many therapies focused on finding ways to distract the mind and avoid thinking about them. Now, a new virtual reality treatment aims to confront them and shows positive results. The new therapy, tested at the San Juan de Dios Health Park, has improved the symptoms of the disease in 90% of cases and gives hope to all those who live "with constant anxiety," according to Susana Ochoa, European leader in Avatar therapy and project director.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laia Carpio Fusté]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:00:47 +0000]]></pubDate>
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