Treating addiction with virtual reality featuring Noah Robinson

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On today's show we are joined by Noah Robinson a doctoral student of clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University, he also known as Psych one of the hosts of EndGame in VRChat. Join us we discuss treating addictions with virtual reality and much more! Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about. 30: Treating addictions with virtual reality. 1:30 Patients initial reaction to VR? 5:20 What are the limits of VR when it comes to treating mental illness? 7:00 What is it about VR and its ability to unlock flow states? 12:00 Regulating mental states with virtual reality. 14:00 Replacing one addiction with another? 16:40 How does VR become more widely accepted in the realm of mental health? 21:10 Psychological studies involving VR and their findings. 25:00 Using VR to treat sexual assault? 27:00 How does Noah take care of his own mental health? 31:00 The efficacy rate of VR compared to more traditional methods. 32:00 Lessons learned from hosting EndGame? 34:00 How did the opioid epidemic get so bad? 37:00 What can be done to solve the opioid epidemic? 38:00 The market for mental health therapy for VR. 41:00 Violence can be unlocked via environmental experiences? 43:00 What kind of person is attracted by virtual reality at this point? 45:00 Noah's goals for his work. 46:00 A future where psychology is practiced inside of virtual reality? 49:00 Will artificial intelligence replace your therapist ? 50:00 Noah's best case scenario for VR in mental health. 51:00 Will we develop new behaviors because of VR? 52:40 Scenarios where VR becomes mainstream. 55:00 Parting thoughts and how to stay in touch. Thanks to Noah for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Noah with the links below: https://discordapp.com/invite/fWcE7zy http://psychnoah.com/ https://twitter.com/PsychNoah https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Qo0Iz5OdE1KRIqJVkD93w