A pair of unassuming Australian psychedelic researchers are proposing a radical paradigm shift to the way psychotherapy is conducted. The pair have developed a unique protocol for incorporating ...

When you think of virtual reality (VR), you might imagine someone with a headset playing a video game or watching a movie. But this technology can also help treat certain mental health issues when ...

When someone embarks on a psychedelic trip, they have little control over what they'll experience. A person could find themselves floating through the universe, or face-to-face with terrors that haunt ...

Researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest have tapped into VR to help the rehabilitation process of schizophrenia patients. According to WHO, the disease affects approximately 24 million people ...

Major tech companies like Meta and Microsoft are already building out their virtual worlds to offer new ways of gaming, shopping, working and communicating—and now, physical and occupational therapy ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OxfordVR has successfully automated psychological therapy in VR for patients with mental illness. Users are guided by a virtual coach instead of a real-life therapist, ...

Legal psychedelic medicine is poised to soon disrupt the multibillion-dollar mental health field. Treatments being trialed today in clinical settings using substances like psilocybin-containing ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

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 ...

Sam Stokes, a New Zealand-based sales manager, isn't usually an anxious person. But there's one thing that, as he puts it, scared the shit out of him: needles. His aversion was severe enough to hold ...

VR can enhance physical therapy by providing dynamic activities tailored to a patient. The VR-rehabilitation market is projected to grow over the next several years. This article is part of "Trends in ...