Integrating Virtual Reality, Neurofeedback, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (Hybrid): Protocol of a Pilot, Unblinded, Single-Arm Interventional Study

Jessica Spark   ^{1, 2 *} , BPysch ;   Elise Rowe   ^{1, 2 *} , BBNSc, PhD ;   Mario Alvarez-Jimenez   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Imogen Bell   ^{1, 2} , BSc, PhD ;   Linda Byrne   ^{3, 4} , BSc, BAppSc, MSc, PhD ;   Ilvana Dzafic   ^{1, 2} , BPsychSc, PhD ;   Carli Ellinghaus   ^{1, 2} , BPsychSc, BSocSc ;   Suzie Lavoie   ^{1, 2} , BSc, BBSc, MSc, PhD ;   Jarrad Lum   ³ , BBSc, PhD ;   Brooke McLean   ^{1, 2} , BPsychSc ;   Neil Thomas   ⁵ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Andrew Thompson   ^{1, 2} , BA, MA, MBBS, MMedSci, MD ;   Greg Wadley   ⁶ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Thomas Whitford   ^{1, 7} , BPsych, PhD ;   Stephen Wood   ^{1, 2, 8} , BA, MA, PhD ;   Hok Pan Yuen   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Barnaby Nelson   ^{1, 2} , BA, PGDipArts, MPsych, PhD

¹ Orygen, Parkville, Australia

² Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

³ School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

⁴ The Cairnmillar Institute, Hawthorn East, Australia

⁵ Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

⁶ School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

⁷ School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁸ School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally