How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more

How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more

Professor Daniel Freeman explains how VR can be used to treat a variety of mental health problems.

Published: January 11, 2021 at 8:00 am

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For the next in the series, we speak to Daniel Freeman, a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford. Daniel has been working with virtual reality technology since 2001 and is a founder of Oxford VR, a University of Oxford spinout company.

He tells us about using virtual reality to treat mental health problems.

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