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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3151) Digital Health, Telehealth and e-Innovation in Clinical Settings (708) Telehealth and Telemonitoring (3043) Focus Groups and Qualitative Research for Human Factors Research (1524) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (679) Virtual Reality Interventions in Mental Health (281) Telepsychiatry (275)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85281, first published .
Tablet displaying a metaverse-based psychotherapy platform with avatars

Avatar-Mediated Telepsychotherapy in a Metaverse-Informed Virtual Environment: Qualitative Study of User Experiences and Design Requirements

Avatar-Mediated Telepsychotherapy in a Metaverse-Informed Virtual Environment: Qualitative Study of User Experiences and Design Requirements

Authors of this article:

Hyeri Lee1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ji-Hyun Hwang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Chul-Hyun Cho3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeongyun Heo2 Author Orcid Image
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Hyeri Lee   1 * , MFA ;   Ji-Hyun Hwang   2 * , BA ;   Chul-Hyun Cho   3 , MD, PhD ;   Jeongyun Heo   2 , PhD

1 Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

2 Department of Smart Experience Design, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

3 Department of Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Chul-Hyun Cho, MD, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education
  • Korea University College of Medicine
  • 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu
  • Seoul 02841
  • Republic of Korea
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