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July 20, 2021 by Isabella Backman Yale researchers have developed an immersive, virtual reality video game that helps teens learn about the dangers of e-cigarettes and practice strategies for refusing them. E-cigarette use among youth is on the rise they are the most popular smoking product used by middle and high school students in the U.S. Approximately half of teenagers between 14-18 years old have tried an e-cigarette at least once, while about 10% of teens vape regularly. However, many teens are unaware of the long-lasting effects nicotine can have on a developing brain. Furthermore, 90% of adults who smoke combustible cigarettes started before turning 18, an ominous sign that teenagers now vaping might also vape or smoke well into adulthood. ....
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 AYA were empty. So, in 2019, Marks tried another approach: a virtual reality support group. Patients were given headsets and asked to join an immersive chat room with other patients and a social worker, during which they were asked to discuss their condition in a comfortable setting. ....
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 AYA were empty. So, in 2019, Marks tried another approach: a virtual reality support group. Patients were given headsets and asked to join an immersive chat room with other patients and a social worker, during which they were asked to discuss their condition in a comfortable setting. ....