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SparkRx: The first digital therapeutic for adolescents

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SparkRx is designed to decrease depression in individuals aged 13 to 22 by providing a multi-week programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and behavioural activation protocols. “In In primary care, there are guidelines to screening for behavioural health concerns like depression annually.

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Applied Virtual Reality in Healthcare: A comprehensive book on medical XR

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“I observed that my colleagues who were working to develop and validate various clinical applications of virtual reality technology had no venue to publish their work in a way that would reach other scientists grappling with the same issues and constraints,” Greenleaf said.