18.12.08

E-Therapy

Maybe you already know about this, but I thought it'd fit in here..

This German article reports that online therapy is being more and more used, and will get really important/popular in the future, with the assumption that mental and neurological problems will become more and more important as causes for illnesses.
It is reported that in some countries services like E-Couch already are paid for by health insurance companies. Other services are called Beating the Blues, FearFighter, OCFighter, Shuti, Moodswings and Panic Online.

By the way, also 3D virtual environments are used for therapy, a good example is treating phobia by exposure therapy.

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