Recently, the monograph "Virtual Reality for Psychological and Neurocognitive Interventions" primarily translated by Professor Yong Xu, the head of the Clinical Psychology Department from the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, was published and distributed by the Science Press.

This book integrates technical theories with numerous case studies and explores deeply into the fact that virtual reality technology, as a non-pharmacological intervention, can create customized virtual environments with unique immersive, interactive, and multi-sensory features, demonstrating significant potential advantages in various mental disorders and neurological rehabilitation. This book provides new ideas and methods for researchers in psychology and neuroscience, as well as for clinical doctors, making it an important resource for understanding and applying virtual reality technology.

Yong Xu, professor and doctoral supervisor

The department head of Clinical Psychology in the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.

Prof. Xu is recognized as an outstanding talent by the Ministry of Education's New Century Program. He is also a leading scientific research talent among Sun Yat-sen University's high-level personnel, and holds a special appointment as a Category B talent within the Shenzhen Health System. Additionally, prof. Xu is a registered supervisor in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology Registration System of the Chinese Psychological Society and one of the first registered psychological counselors of the Chinese Mental Health Association.

Professor Xu has led and participated in a series of significant research projects, including 1 national key research and development program, 5 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 15 provincial and ministerial-level projects.

He has been awarded 12 patents and computer software copyrights (co-authored). As the principal investigator, he has received the first prize of the provincial Natural Science Award and the second prize of the provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

Professor Xu has published a total of 205 SCI papers (137 in the past five years), with a cumulative impact factor of 614.873 (382.482 in the past five years). His work has been cited 1,552 times by others in total (915 times in cumulative citations in the past five years). Among his publications, there are 93 papers as the first author or corresponding author, which have collectively been cited 559 times by others, with 66 papers published in the past five years and a total of 126 citations during this period.