Virtual Therapy for Alcoholics.
June 2, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Addiction, Extreme, Health, How To, Mental Health, Misc., Technology, Video
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A common theme of addiction recovery counseling is the idea that you should avoid situations that trigger cravings. But that’s not always so easy. So therapists have often use role-playing techniques to help people discover the their best method of avoidance.
Now Patrick Bordnick, a University of Houston researcher, has taken this one step further and has been creating virtual reality scenarios designed to prepare alcoholics for situations that could trigger drinking.
He enlisted 40 alcohol dependent participants to test the effectiveness of this virtual world therapy. Putting on virtual reality headsets, the …read more
