A study involving Canadian military veterans, public safety personnel, and healthcare workers showed that their PTSD, ...

Virtual reality has become an increasingly valuable tool across all industries, and healthcare is no exception. Integrating virtual reality in surgical training, pain management, management of ...

VR therapy helped survivors of a devastating Joplin tornado heal from their trauma. Experts think it could help us all adjust to a changing climate. Reading time 6 minutes When the tornado first ...

Virtual reality as an adjunct to therapy has become more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Vinicus "amnx" Amano/Unsplash Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual reality (VR) was studied ...

One hypothesis is that making an invisible symptom something patients can see, hear and respond to gives them greater control ...

Researchers at Bradley Hospital found that a virtual reality (VR) training program can help therapists feel more confident using exposure therapy and reduce their negative beliefs about it—even more ...

Copenhagen University Hospital's VIRTU Research Group reports that an immersive virtual reality-assisted therapy called Challenge-VRT yielded a statistically significant, short-term reduction in ...

North Carolina Approves Reimbursement Of VR Therapy For Neurodivergent Residents Under NC Innovations Waiver. Under the state's NC Innovations Waiver, eligible families in Alliance Health's ...

Virtual reality can help people see their favorite band perform, hang out with friends or relax on a beach without leaving home. It is also pushing some people to speak in front of crowds or revisit ...

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 ...