Dr Jeroen Legerstee to be appointed professor by special appointment of innovative treatment of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders
Legerstee has already carried out multiple studies into innovative treatments: ‘Prior research has shown that the use of VR can be very useful in the treatment of children. For example, VR can be used to get children accustomed to the hospital environment in which they will later undergo surgery before they even get there. These children required less alleviation of pain following surgery than children who had not had this VR experience.’ The goal is to further develop this method into an app, so children at home can prepare for surgery even more easily.