The Fondation de l’Hôtel-Dieu d’Alma, Paperplane Therapeutics and TELUS leverage virtual reality to decrease anxiety in hospital settings
ALMA, Quebec, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Fondation de l’Hôtel-Dieu d’Alma (the Alma Hospital Foundation) is launching a new virtual reality (VR) anxiety-management project at the Alma Hospital.
- ALMA, Quebec, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Fondation de l’Hôtel-Dieu d’Alma (the Alma Hospital Foundation) is launching a new virtual reality (VR) anxiety-management project at the Alma Hospital.
- The project is the result of a collaboration between Paperplane Therapeutics, a Quebec-based company that designs therapeutic VR applications, and the financial support of TELUS.
- The Alma hospital’s psychiatry department is now equipped with immersive VR headsets that will be used to help reduce patients’ stress and anxiety before a treatment.
- “The number of requests for mental-health consultations is estimated to have increased by 30 to 40 per cent during the pandemic.