Sat.Apr 20, 2013 - Fri.Apr 26, 2013

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Digital VR Rehab

V-Rtifacts

For years, therapists would attempt to treat smokers and alcoholics using real-life triggers. Let addicts see a lighter or an empty bottle, or even a photo of something smoking or drinking related, to trigger cravings, then teach them coping strategies. It was limited because patients could tell they were in a lab and their new found coping skills were not always transferrable to the real world.