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BehaVR’s CenteredVR Eases Emotional Toll of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers

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Monday, March 22, 2021
Mental health, Health, Technology, Other Technology, Other Health, Audio, Video, General Health, Articles, Occupational safety and health, Human behavior, Health, Organizational behavior, Human resource management, Motivation, Occupational burnout, Organizational theory, Health professional, Nursing, Physician burnout, BehaVR, Pico Interactive

For healthcare workers who have managed a consistent flow of COVID-19 patients for the past 12 months, the psychological effects of the pandemic have taken a severe toll.

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  • For healthcare workers who have managed a consistent flow of COVID-19 patients for the past 12 months, the psychological effects of the pandemic have taken a severe toll.
  • According to a survey conducted by Mental Health America, 93% of healthcare workers reported experiencing stress, 76% reported exhaustion and burnout, and 75% reported being overwhelmed.
  • Despite these experiences, 45% of nurses said they were unlikely to have emotional support.
  • We are hopeful that CenteredVR can bring these benefits to our nations tireless and dedicated healthcare workers.

BehaVR and Limbix Partner to Advance Behavioral Health in Virtual Reality

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Mental health, Health, Technology, Other Technology, Audio, Video, General Health, Internet, Articles, Health informatics, New media, User interface techniques, Health, Behavior modification, Digital therapeutics, Virtual reality, Mental health, Limbix, BehaVR

Limbix , a developer of digital therapeutics focused on adolescent mental health treatment, and BehaVR, LLC , a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences for behavioral health, have formed a partnership that will advance how virtual reality is used in behavioral health care around the world.

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  • Limbix , a developer of digital therapeutics focused on adolescent mental health treatment, and BehaVR, LLC , a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences for behavioral health, have formed a partnership that will advance how virtual reality is used in behavioral health care around the world.
  • BehaVR has a proven platform and programs that have a lot of synergy with the Limbix VR Kit, said Jon Sockell, co-founder and COO of Limbix.
  • They have become a leader in VR-based digital wellness and digital therapeutics programs for behavioral health and have established strong partnerships with large health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, and health retailers.
  • BehaVR is advancing health care access and delivery and improving patient outcomes and experiences through the pioneering use of virtual reality (VR), cloud computing, and machine learning.

Hoag and BehaVR Partner to Launch First-of-its-Kind Virtual Reality Program for Expectant Moms

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Baby, Maternity, Education, Technology, Health, General Health, Women, Hospitals, Audio, Video, Consumer, Other Education, Parenting, Midwifery, Women's health, RTT, Human reproduction, Articles, Women, Motherhood, Obstetrics, Hoag, Childbirth, Postpartum period, Mindfulness, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, BehaVR

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and BehaVR today announced the launch of NurtureVR, a first-of-its-kind program for expectant mothers that uses virtual reality (VR) to augment prenatal education, pain management related to pregnancy, mindfulness, and support women through postpartum care.

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  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and BehaVR today announced the launch of NurtureVR, a first-of-its-kind program for expectant mothers that uses virtual reality (VR) to augment prenatal education, pain management related to pregnancy, mindfulness, and support women through postpartum care.
  • NurtureVR will be launched in a pilot program at Hoag next month and made broadly available to healthcare providers and health plans across the nation in November 2020.
  • We are delighted to partner with BehaVR to create and bring NurtureVR to new and expectant mothers across the nation, said Allyson Brooks, M.D.
  • BehaVR is advancing health care access and delivery and improving patient outcomes and experiences through the pioneering use of virtual reality (VR), cloud computing, and machine learning.

BehaVR Partners to Advance Virtual Reality for Social Anxiety Disorder

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Research, Mental health, Technology, Other Technology, Software, Hardware, General Health, Health, VoIP, Science, Psychiatry, Human behavior, Articles, Anxiety disorders, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatric diagnosis, Anxiety, Emotions, Virtual reality, Mental health, Social anxiety disorder, Mental disorder, BehaVR, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

BehaVR , a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences, today announced that it has begun a new partnership aimed at leveraging virtual reality experiences to address critical unmet needs in social anxiety disorder (SAD), an underreported and undertreated mental health condition.

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  • BehaVR , a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences, today announced that it has begun a new partnership aimed at leveraging virtual reality experiences to address critical unmet needs in social anxiety disorder (SAD), an underreported and undertreated mental health condition.
  • to create a general wellness product that uses virtual reality (VR) to assist in the management of SAD.
  • According to the Social Anxiety Association , social anxiety disorder is the third largest mental health condition in the world today, estimated to affect as much as 7 percent of the population more than 17 million people in the U.S. alone.
  • Virtual reality has the potential to make good care and management for social anxiety disorder more accessible to people around the world, said Aaron Gani , founder and CEO of BehaVR.