An oncology nurse discusses how virtual reality can be used to educate patients and decrease stress before treatment or while in palliative care. Virtual reality (VR), which typically uses a headset ...

Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET) is an effective treatment of specific phobias, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia. As technology costs continue to decrease and ...

Virtual reality (VR) can be used to show patients exactly what happens during a medical procedure, including a 3D view of their anatomy and surgical instruments. Using virtual reality (VR) to show ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and talking openly about anxiety helps break the stigma. While everyone experiences anxiety on some level, for some, it can be debilitating — ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Virtual reality is used a lot for games and entertainment, but now it's being used to help reduce pre-surgical anxiety. The technology is being used with patients at Nuvance ...

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

The fear of public speaking is widely cited as being the most common fear. Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that the ...

As discussed in the paper, the fear of public speaking is widely cited as being the most common fear. Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that the prevalence of social anxiety and a fear of ...

Some researchers are advocating the benefits of VR therapy for psychosis treatment. A clinical trial showed VR therapy reduced anxiety and agoraphobia in people with psychosis. This article is part of ...

Virtual reality could soon play a role in easing patient fears before medical procedures. A new study from University Hospital Southampton (UHS) has found that VR can help reduce anxiety by giving ...

MARION — The days of lying on a couch staring up at a blank white ceiling to talk with your therapist may be coming to an end. Imagine — No, you don’t have to. Just throw on some VR goggles and open ...