Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for more than 25 years. She has a particular interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically virtual reality, tablets, and consoles.

List of Contributors vii About the Authors xi About the Companion Website xxv Section I Fundamentals 1 MHVR Introduction and History 3Jessica Stone 2 Current Directions in Research on Virtual Reality for Mental Healthcare 13Triton Ong, Hiral Soni, Julia Ivanova, Hattie Wilczewski, Mollie Cummins, Janelle Barerra, Brandon M. Welch, and Brian E. Bunnell 3 The Reality of Virtual Human Connections 27Rachel A. Altvater Section II Considerations 4 Ethics, Rights, and Cybersecurity 41Catherine Knibbs 5 Neurorights in Immersive Worlds: Safeguarding Cognitive Freedom in Virtual Realms 53Amanda Kavner 6 Accessibility Components in Virtual Reality 67Marzena Anna Michalewska Copyrighted Material Section III Environments 7 Virtual Reality in Clinical Mental Health 83Jessica Stone 8 Drama Therapy and Virtual Reality: The Future of Creative Embodiment 101Monique Hill and Lebogang Mokgatle 9 Convergence of Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Leaning, and Wearable Sensors in the Field of Education 113Richard Lamb, Ikseon Choi, and Tosha Owens Section IV Populations 10 Virtual Reality and Neurodivergence 131Robert Jason Grant 11 Treating Anxiety Disorders with Virtual Reality 143Elizabeth McMahon 12 The Virtual Ukraine Project: Trauma Therapy in Warzones with Virtual Reality 159Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Cezar Giosan, George Deac, Olya Zaporozhets, Oksana Syvak, Svetlana Dragayeva, Ehud Bodner, Shel Mann, and Jessica Stone 13 Virtual Reality: Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Mental Health Disorders 181Leslie Baker and Christine Wheeler- Case Jones 14 Virtual Reality Approaches to Trauma- Based Mental Healthcare 193Gillian Rodriguez 15 Virtual Reality and Chronic Pain 207DeAnne C. Canieso and James M. Perez 16 Pediatrics in Hospitals 219Valentino Megale 17 Using Virtual Reality to Support Children with Cancer 235Gregory Tarnacki Index 247