Treatment with Virtual Reality appears to work very well for people with psychosis. It works faster than the current treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy and is at least as effective. This is ...

At the Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH), residents can travel to Italy, skydive or even swim with sharks, all without ...

This article is also available as a pdf version. A young man walks toward the entrance to an underground subway. As he starts down the escalator, his heart rate increases, but he continues. He ...

MADRID — Virtual reality (VR)–based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be an alternative treatment option for patients with paranoia based on results of a new randomized, controlled trial. The ...

Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a novel virtual reality (VR) system that could make the treatment of arachnophobia, also known as spider phobia, more targeted and ...

Ever step out of your therapy session and feel strangely hollow? You talked — really talked — about things you’ve kept buried for years. The room was quiet, the therapist kind, but when it ended, you ...

As it turns out, practice can make perfect when it comes to everyday tasks like grocery shopping, taking the bus, crossing the street or even just raising a hand and waiting to be called on in school.

Virtual reality therapy is effective in significantly reducing pain for hospitalized patients, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study. In the study, published online today by JMIR Mental Health, a ...

Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET): What it is and how it works VRGET is a technology-based exposure therapy with important implications for the management of post-traumatic stress ...