BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge
            
            
                
                
                    
    Articles Published Processes
    
        6/4/2024 3:55:02 PM | Browse: 125 | Download: 504
    
    
        
        
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Received | 
                 
             
         | 
        2023-12-24 14:08 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Peer-Review Started | 
                 
             
         | 
        2023-12-24 14:08 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    To Make the First Decision | 
                 
             
         | 
         | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Return for Revision | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-01-12 14:20 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Revised | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-01-24 17:02 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Second Decision | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-02-29 02:45 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief | 
                 
             
         | 
         | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-02-29 07:20 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Articles in Press | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-02-29 07:20 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Publication Fee Transferred | 
                 
             
         | 
         | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-03-05 22:22 | 
    
    
        
            
                
                      | 
                    Typeset the Manuscript | 
                 
             
         | 
        2024-05-27 15:43 | 
    
            
                
                    
                        
                              | 
                            Publish the Manuscript Online | 
                         
                     
                 | 
                2024-06-04 15:55 | 
            
        
        
            
                | ISSN | 
                2307-8960 (online) | 
            
            
                | Open Access | 
                This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | 
            
            
                | Copyright | 
                ©The Author(s) 2024. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. | 
            
                    
                        | Article Reprints | 
                        
                            For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/247
                         | 
                    
            
            
                | Permissions | 
                
                    For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
                 | 
            
            
            
                | Publisher | 
                Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA | 
            
            
                | Website | 
                http://www.wjgnet.com | 
            
        
    
        | Category | 
        Psychiatry | 
    
    
        | Manuscript Type | 
        Opinion Review | 
    
    
        | Article Title | 
        
                    Mental health in the virtual world: Challenges and opportunities in the metaverse era
         | 
    
    
        | Manuscript Source | 
        Unsolicited Manuscript | 
    
    
        | All Author List | 
        Yolanda López del Hoyo, Matilde Elices and Javier Garcia-Campayo | 
    
            
                | ORCID | 
                
                    
                 | 
            
    
        | Funding Agency and Grant Number | 
        
         | 
    
    
        | Corresponding Author | 
        Matilde Elices, PhD, PsyD, Postdoc, Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research, Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain. melices@researchmar.net | 
    
    
        | Key Words | 
        Metaverse; Virtual world; Artificial intelligence; Mental health; Virtual reality; Augmented reality; Technology | 
    
    
        | Core Tip | 
        The metaverse is a new 3D environment where technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality coverage. In this opinion review, we discuss its transformative potential for mental health. | 
    
            
                | Publish Date | 
                2024-06-04 15:55 | 
            
    
        | Citation | 
        <p>López del Hoyo Y, Elices M, Garcia-Campayo J. Mental health in the virtual world: Challenges and opportunities in the metaverse era. <i>World J Clin Cases</i> 2024; 12(17): 2939-2945</p> | 
    
            
                | URL | 
                https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v12/i17/2939.htm | 
            
            
                | DOI | 
                https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v12.i17.2939 | 
            
    
    
        
                
        
     
 
                 
             
         
        
    
        
        
            © 2004-2025 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
            California Corporate Number: 3537345