Can Virtual Reality Ease Post-traumatic Stress Disorder? | Dr. Brenda Wiederhold | TEDxChapmanU

A licensed clinical psychologist in the U.S. and Europe, a visiting professor at the Catholic University in Milan, and an entrepreneur, Dr. Brenda Wiederhold completed the first randomized, controlled clinical trial to provide virtual reality medical therapy for war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her most recent achievement is working with coalition troops to provide stress inoculation training prior to deployment. She is further exploring the use of VR in treating patients of all ages suffering from ailments such as claustrophobia to stress disorders.
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Dr. Wiederhold is CEO of the Virtual Reality Medical Institute in Belgium and the Executive Vice President of the Virtual Reality Medical Center in California. She completed the first randomized, controlled clinical trial to provide virtual reality medical therapy for war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her most recent achievement is working with coalition troops to provide stress inoculation training prior to deployment. She is further exploring the use of VR in treating patients of all ages suffering from ailments such as claustrophobia to stress disorders.
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[@salihawouda2992]

VR and AR are the future of therapy !

[@salihawouda2992]

Virtual reality is the future of PTSD and mental health treatment !

[@superlasse2468]

Very interesting presentation. I would love to try some of these tests and see if they help as much as the success rates suggest.

[@sn8323]

So this is just basically exposure therapy.

[@p5rsona]

where can we download these apps?

[@peresmork]

Well... I can certanly tell Half-Life Alyx gave me post-traumatic stress disorder

[@m.c.4458]

this is great ...but please ...."...people diagnosed with autism" ..."people diagnosed with schizophrenia" Thank you

[@UNIQUERAGE1]

her lip is so stiff damn, less botox

[@SD-lu2pc]

Ur weird

[@samanthasoo3895]

The face is so stiff, it makes the presentation very dull and stiff as well

[@salihawouda2992]

VR and AR are the future of therapy !