The treatment of psychological ailments like post−traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has moved beyond the therapist's office and into the digital realm, allowing patients to face their fears from behind ...

Virtual healing for the real world: A handful of therapists are using virtual environments to help people to work through phobias. But now advances in cybertherapy are allowing them to take on more ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When the media report on a new diet that ...

OTTAWA — His talk was going just fine until some members of the audience became noticeably restless. A ripple of impatience passed through the several dozen seated listeners, and a few seemed suddenly ...

And therapists can advise patients at the very moment those sensations are felt. The emerging field, called cybertherapy, now has annual conferences and a growing international following of therapists ...