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