Posts Tagged ‘cognitive behavioral therapies’
AppliedVR raises $29M to help make virtual reality the standard of care for treating chronic pain
AppliedVR Raises $29 Million for Immersive Headsets (LA Business Journal): Century City-based AppliedVR, Inc. announced March 23 that it has raised $29 million in Series A funding that will be used to continue development of an immersive headset to help patients with chronic pain.
Read MoreGrowing research points to expanding adoption of online cognitive behavioral therapies, both guided and unguided
We are seeing a number of fascinating meta-analyses comparing the value of A) face-to-face vs. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapies and B) guided vs unguided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, especially in the case of depression. Here you have a couple great examples, suggesting a growing adoption in the near future of web-based, and increasingly personalized, interventions.
Read MoreUpdate: Should candidates to high office should pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test?
Wow, that was a couple of very insightful discussions, via social media no less. #1. The first one was about whether heads of state and candidates to high office should pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test. Click HERE to read and discuss some of the sharpest comments, such as… “I wonder what brought this up.” “Definitely. We routinely screen…
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