LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Video game technology has become so realistic that local scientists are using it to treat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and in the fight against phobias. Doctors ...

Virtual reality exposure therapy works by creating controlled environments where patients can gradually confront their fears without real-world risks. By removing real-world risks, VR can make ...

Using Virtual Reality to Treat Eating Disorders Considering these drawbacks of in vivo exposure therapy for treating fear of weight gain, some tech-savvy researchers have figured out how to apply ...

Jan. 31 -- In this week's Cybershake, a scientist develops a virtual reality system that could help people overcome their phobias. Plus, high-tech highway billboards that can change its advertisement ...

Fear of spiders, open spaces, fear of heights? Virtual reality comes to the rescue as a tool to treat phobias, prove researchers from SWPS University, Gdańsk University of Technology and Jagiellonian ...

Nov. 20, 2003 -- Miss Muffet no longer fears that spider that sat down beside her in that famous nursery rhyme. In fact, she's become downright fond of it. That's because Miss Muffet, in this case, is ...

Mental health services are in high demand and access varies widely across the NHS. Because of this high demand, many people are not getting the treatment and support they need. The clinical and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and talking openly about anxiety helps break the stigma. While everyone experiences anxiety on some level, for some, it can be debilitating — ...

My practice is dedicated to the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Transport Agoraphobia with Panic, Fear of Flying and Phobias. I use traditional Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ...