A safe space: Medical researchers use virtual reality to reach youth
By Brita Belli May 7, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Teens wearing virtual reality headsets in the Play4REAL Lab. For years, Dr. Asher Marks, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and director of the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program at Yale New Haven Hospital, has urged his young patients to attend support groups. Meeting with other patients is well known to improve survival chances and alleviate depression. But often he’d find that the in-person therapy sessions hosted by ...
Source: yale.edu
