Most users of virtual reality tools do so for entertainment, but Texas Health has put them to use as part of its alcohol addiction recovery program in Mansfield. Dr. Ken Jones, a behavioral clinical ...

Ever since I started researching into technological addictions, I have always speculated that ‘virtual reality addiction ’ was something that psychologists would need to keep an eye on. In 1995, I ...

Virtual Reality Headsets By far the most exciting new “tech and recovery” development, as far as I’m concerned, is the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets, as pioneered by Dr. Patrick Bordnick at the ...

Virtual reality technology has rapidly evolved beyond gaming applications to become a powerful therapeutic tool addressing conditions from chronic pain to PTSD. As hospitals and clinics increasingly ...

Holli Hammer, the director of nursing at Texas Health’s Addiction Recovery Center, demonstrates the VR headset that is used to help people in recovery practice sobriety. Ciara McCarthy ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Virtual reality could be the future of treating drug addiction. Researchers at Indiana University created the Indianapolis-based startup Relate XR. It’s doing something that ...