Mental Healthcare

A resourcepage with links to papers and articles on applying virtual and augmented reality to psychological health and health care.

Maslow’s hierachy of needs
How does Maslow’s hierachy of needs relate to the needs Second Life can fullfill.
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/07/sl-selfactualization.html

Virtual reality study of paranoid thinking in the general population
Project by researchers from London, Manchester and Norfolk in the UK, and Barcelona in Spain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3lrGdqIyNE
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/4/258

Virtual-Reality Therapy
Patients can get relief from pain or overcome their phobias by immersing themselves in computer-generated worlds.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=virtual-reality-therapy

The Use of Virtual Reality in Psychiatry and Psychology
Page and study by Branislav Ulicny, Researcher, Ph.D. Virtual Reality Lab Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
http://vrlab.epfl.ch/~bhbn/psy/index-VR-Psychology.html

Virtual Reality application for military PTSD treatment
http://ict.usc.edu/projects/post_traumatic_stress_disorder_assessment_and_treatment_ptsd/C4
5http://www.vrphobia.com/
http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/

Infiniti Research: Virtual Reality in Healthcare industry 2008-2012
http://www.prlog.org/10237316-infiniti-research-virtual-reality-in-healthcare-industry-20082012-on-reportsresearchcom.html
http://www.reports-research.com/studien/virtual-reality-healthcare-20082012-p-61099.html

Virtual Reality Therapy article Amercian Scientist 2004
Illustrated article on applications of VR in PTSD and pain treatment
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/vrpain/SCIAMFin.pdf

http://www.presenccia.org/

3D virtual worlds for health and healthcare
Its focus is a review of four virtual worlds (Second Life, Kaneva, There and IMVU) and the breadth and popularity of support groups in existence around health issues.
https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/658/500 (pdf)

Virtual Reality treatment Clinic
http://www.vrphobia.com/

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