Fear of Flying Surveys estimate that fear of flying exists in 10-20% of the population. Some persons have a fear of crashing, while others have a fear of being in an enclosed…
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La Jolla, California Clinic uses Virtual Reality for Therapy
Virtual Reality Expands to Phobia and PTSD Therapy http://www.abc10.com/news/local/virtual-reality-expanding-in-phobia-and-ptsd-therapy-education-gaming/394991048 Dr. Wiederhold’s clinic, Virtual Reality Medical Center, on the Scripps Memorial Hospital Campus in La Jolla, California has been using the VR technology…
Virtual Reality Therapy for Fear of Public Speaking
Although it seems like all of our present day business interactions can be done online, sometimes we may still find we need to give a presentation. The fear of public speaking, speech…
Virtual Reality Therapy for Claustrophobia
Approximately 5% of Americans have the fear of small spaces, or claustrophobia. This fear is actually a specific phobia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5). Those who suffer from…
Virtual Reality Therapy for Fear of Spiders
If you are afraid of spiders, then you are not alone. In fact, approximately 55% of women and 18% of men in the United States suffer from arachnophobia, which is the fear…
The Treatment of the Fear of Flying: A Controlled Study of Imaginal and Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy
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Fear of Flying Shouldn’t Keep your Career Grounded
Fear of Flying Shouldn’t Keep your Career Grounded By: Jennifer Goodwin Your boss just offered you a promotion. Congratulations should be in order, only there’s one problem. The position requires extensive business…
Top 10 Developments as We Move into Third Decade of Virtual Reality…
https://healthmanagement.org/c/healthmanagement/issuearticle/virtual-reality-clinic-a-case-study The growing role of VR in healthcare. How has VR developed and what potential does it have for future healthcare? In the 1990s, there were no resources dedicated to virtual reality…
Virtual Reality to Treat Phobias
http://fusion.net/story/221018/virtual-reality-to-treat-phobias/
When Pain is the best Therapy
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/exposure-therapy/496547/