Labyrinth Psychotica: Better understanding of psychosis

A new do-it-yourself psychosis stimulator and a labyrinth help people understand what someone can experience during a psychosis. In the hope that this may lead to a better understanding of and better treatment of this mental disease. In 2013 Janssen launched Labyrinth Psychotica in collaboration with researcher and artist Jennifer Kanary and the Psychological Health Foundation.

Labyrinth Psychotica consists of two interactive media platforms which help the imagination to imitate the reality of a psychosis. The Wearable is a portable headset with software which affects someone's reality in real time. The wearer gets orders from voices, for example, or starts moving awkwardly or may see light beams coming out of his hands. His own actions determine how deep he enters into the psychosis. The Labyrinth is a lifelike labyrinth which deforms time and space in a fascinating and confrontational way. Voices seem to be coming out of the ceiling, walls react to the presence of the person and full images appear in light beams.
Test subjects who took part in the interactive surrealistic platforms have called it a very intense, valuable experience. The systems are developed with the financial support of Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizen Trust in collaboration with the Psychological Health Foundation and Janssen.