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 ...

The Veterans Administration estimates 17 U.S. veterans die by suicide each day on average. Behind many of those deaths is PTSD. Now, there's growing optimism about how technology is improving ...

Virtual reality technology has rapidly evolved beyond gaming applications to become a powerful therapeutic tool addressing conditions from chronic pain to PTSD. As hospitals and clinics increasingly ...

In 1997, researchers from Georgia Tech linked exposure therapy with the emerging technology of virtual reality. Ten volunteers, veterans suffering from PTSD who had not responded to multiple ...

Clay-Penn Fire Territory merger heads to vote as fire officials push for change Two local fire departments are hoping to improve recruitment, retention and competitive pay with a possible merger.A ...

At Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., psychologists plan to begin using virtual reality -- think immersive video games -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by recreating the ...

Using components from a popular video game, researchers have created a "virtual" world that simulates the sources of combat stress for use in... Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress A new, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For those who put their lives on the line to serve our country, it can come with serious consequences and entering back into civilian life can be tough. "It's not just a cultural ...

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

Spending long periods of time in space can be a psychologically demanding experience, but a new virtual reality system could give NASA astronauts a welcome escape. Veterans suffering from ...

When Stephen Smith started NOCD 11 years ago, he wanted to build an app for people like himself—one of the 8.2 million Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—to track their symptoms and ...