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Stanford VR-IT Program is here to educate around the topic of XR and mental health. This involves creating awareness around the subject and educating future leaders. We are creating and disseminating best practices for virtual and immersive technology within mental and behavioral health.

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CME Presentations

Free Webinar: Extended Reality (XR) Technology Treatment for Serious Mental Illness

Dr. Kim Bullock explores the theory, evidence, application, challenges, and potential applications of XR for treating serious mental illness (SMI). XR can be used to deliver telehealth, enhance learning and psychotherapy, or change implicit biases/stigma. It may offer many uses in behavioral health such as role-playing opportunities for skills acquisition or help with problems including maladaptive body image/satisfaction, social skills deficits, avoidance behaviors, chronic pain, and somatic symptoms.

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3rd Annual Innovations in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health: Virtual Reality and Behavior Change

The 2017 conference of innovations in psychiatry and behavioral health, devoted to virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies and behavioral change. This conference explored the application of immersive technologies for treating and researching addictions, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, pain, depression, psychosomatic illness and more.

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Virtual Medicine Conference (vMed24)

During the Virtual Medicine Conference (vMed24) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Margot Paul presents on how an immersive virtual reality headset can be integrated into a brief behavioral activation for depression protocol for adults for major depressive disorder. Discussions about the benefits and drawbacks of using a more versus less immersive headset are discussed.

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Virtual Medicine Conference (vMed23)

During the Virtual Medicine Conference (vMed23) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Margot Paul presents on how virtual reality 360-degree videos can be integrated into a brief behavioral activation for depression protocol for adults for major depressive disorder. Dr. Paul also sits on an expert panel to answer questions related to virtual reality in the mental health field. 
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Grand Rounds, Webinars, and Talks

Grand Rounds: Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Major Depressive Disorder (SUNET Login Required)

Grand Rounds: Virtual Reality Therapies for Functional Neurological Disorder (SUNET Login Required)

2018 FND Hope Interview with Dr. Kim Bullock

2018 Virtual Reality Technology Treatment for Mental Illness talk

2020 CIN Webinar — Extended Reality Technology Treatment for Behavioral Health

Grand Rounds: Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Major Depressive Disorder (SUNET Login Required)

Grand Rounds: Virtual Reality Therapies for Functional Neurological Disorder (SUNET Login Required)

2018 FND Hope Interview with Dr. Kim Bullock

2018 Virtual Reality Technology Treatment for Mental Illness talk

2020 CIN Webinar — Extended Reality Technology Treatment for Behavioral Health

Current VRIT Educational Opportunities

General Psychiatry Residency Program
CA WRIISC Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program