Virtual Reality for the Treatment of PTSD From: R&D Magazine - 08/21/2017 Virtual reality (VR) is giving therapists a new tool to help patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dawn Jewell, PhD, a psychologist based in Greeley, Colorado, is using virtual reality tools to help some of her patients who are suffering from PTSD return in a virtual setting to the scene of an accident or other location where a traumatic event in their lives may have occurred. Jewell is one of a handful of psychologists using VR tools from Limbix - a Silicon Valley start-up that allows patients to experience exposure therapy by incorporating Daydream View - a Google headset that works in coordination with a smartphone application. According to the Limbix website, the VR environments are built with real-world footage that allows the patient to experience authentic exposures and feel a true presence in genuine environments. By gradually exposing patients to phobias and sources of distress, therapists can control exposure thresholds in each VR environment and help patients face increasingly stressful situation. Read the entire article at: https://www.rdmag.com/article/2017/08/virtual-reality-treatment-ptsd Links: A New Way for Therapists to Get Inside Heads: Virtual Reality https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/technology/virtual-reality-limbix-mental-health.html Dawn Jewell https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Dawn_Jewell_PsyD_Greeley_Colorado_143907 Limbix https://www.limbix.com Daydream View https://vr.google.com/daydream https://vr.google.com/daydream/smartphonevr Curing anxiety through virtual reality http://nolisoli.ph/20020/curing-anxiety-virtual-reality 3 Ways Virtual Reality Is Transforming Medical Care https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/3-ways-virtual-reality-transforming-medical-care-ncna794871 How Virtual Reality Is Helping Heal Soldiers With PTSD (with video 3:11) https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/features/how-virtual-reality-helping-heal-soldiers-ptsd-n733816 Virtual Reality Versus Conventional Treatment of Reaching Ability in Chronic Stroke: Clinical Feasibility Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4389038 Emergence of Virtual Reality as a Tool for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: Incorporation of Motor Control and Motor Learning Principles https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348716