{
  "id": 17152,
  "url": "https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e85281",
  "title": "Avatar-Mediated Telepsychotherapy in a Metaverse-Informed Virtual Environment: Qualitative Study of User Experiences and Design Requirements",
  "summary": "Background: Face-to-face psychotherapy remains the gold standard for mental health treatment; however, it faces accessibility barriers, including geographical constraints, costs, and stigma. Although videoconferencing psychotherapy addresses some limitations, challenges with engagement and therapeutic alliance persist. Avatar-mediated telepsychotherapy (AMT) in a metaverse-informed virtual environment has been proposed as a possible extension of digitally delivered mental health care, combining",
  "authors": "Hyeri Lee, Ji-Hyun Hwang, Chul-Hyun Cho, Jeongyun Heo",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T21:00:22.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-jmir-journal-of-medical-internet-researc",
  "source_name": "JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.jmir.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17152",
  "original_url": "https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e85281",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}