Article: “SAD? Virtual Reality therapy can help”
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-06-27/news/27675858_1_phobia-classroom-condition

Video: “A virtual reality dialogue system for the treatment of social phobia”

This article interested me particularly because it addresses virtual reality as a creative way to treat health-related conditions. US-based company, Illumenta, introduced a Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) system in which it creates situations that are most feared, mostly geared towards individuals diagnosed with the medical condition SAD-Social Anxiety Disorder,  Say, for instance, you have a fear of public speaking—VRET simulates a situation in which you are giving a speech to a group of people, to essentially  practice your fear. With use over a period of time, VRET hopes to gradually treat any type of phobia, fear, or addiction.“”We expose them repeatedly to stimulus they fear. Maybe they will have to speak in an auditorium or face interview sessions or be in a conference room” says Dr Mehta. In a world where pharmaceutical companies try to diagnose every symptom with medication, it excites me to see other mediums of treatment being used-especially with technology.