Helping patients for over 2 decades
Helping patients for over 2 decades
Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold recently had an article published in The California Psychologist. In this article, she covers ten aspects of VR that have the capability to improve patient care and outcomes.
Click here to read the article in The California Psychologist!
For the full article, select the following link: Flying Virtually Disappears.
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in Washington State which will help traumatized troops battle their nightmares — with soothing, digitally-made dreams crafted in virtual worlds.
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Use VR Handhelds in Mass Casualty Disasters
How can governments and health organizations effectively prepare to handle mass casualty disasters? In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hospitals have plans in place to handle people’s physical health needs, yet the mental health needs of survivors often get too little attention, too late.
To read the full article see: Use VR Handhelds in Mass Casualty Disasters.
An excerpt from the article:
At the Virtual Reality Medical Center, which has offices in San Diego and Brussels and has treated more than 1,000 people in 15 years, patients don headsets and sensors and are immersed in a 360-degree, three-dimensional visual and auditory computer simulation of air travel, from packing to security to boarding and taking flight. The software simulates night or day, various weather conditions and turbulence. The immersion is paired with sensors that measure breathing, heart and perspiration rates so patients can learn to recognize and handle symptoms of anxiety. The treatment costs about $2,000 and takes eight to 10 sessions.
Physician Mark Wiederhold, who runs Virtual Reality with his wife, Brenda, says for most people the anxiety will never completely vanish, “but you can learn to cope with it.”
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