Mental Health and VR

At the end of September, in conjunction with National Suicide Prevention Month, I attended a presentation by Matt Vogl, the Executive Director of the National Mental Health Innovation Center (NMHIC) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Following close on the heels of an August suicide of a nine-year-old boy in Colorado, the speech focused on new innovative treatment options in the mental health arena, with a strong emphasis on the restorative role that can be played by virtual reality and other technologies.  Dr. Vogl speaking at the University of Colorado-Denver on the topic of technology innovation and