Mind Games: Mental Health and Virtual Reality
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Go inside a virtual reality simulator used for treating PTSD
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Molly Wood
Dec 6, 2013
At a VA hospital in New York, veterans are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder inside a virtual reality simulator.
Using virtual reality video games to treat PTSD
by
Molly Wood
Dec 5, 2013
Virtual reality simulations are being used to treat soldiers with a kind of therapy that predates the technology.
Autistic kids may one day learn social interaction through avatars
by
Molly Wood
Dec 4, 2013
New gaming technology could change the way autistic children learn social communication.
Video games and the autism spectrum
by
Molly Wood
Dec 3, 2013
Video games can help people on and off the autism spectrum interact physically and socially.
No guns or race cars or strategy in this video game.
by
Molly Wood
Dec 2, 2013
Kara Stone, an artist and video game designer, talks about her video game "Medication Meditation," which explores what it's like to have a mental illness by recreating the therapy process.