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Boston University’s Digital Learning and Innovation AR/VR/XR community group website. BU faculty in the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders are researching how virtual reality can reduce anxiety. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Virtual reality shows promise in alleviating mental health issues, according to recent BU studies

Jack Schwed November 13, 2024
As the world’s technological landscape rapidly evolves, innovations once thought unimaginable are drastically transforming the ways in which we live.
The #FaceYourFear social media campaign on the International OCD Foundation’s website, one of their efforts for this year’s OCD Awareness Week, which took place from Oct. 13 to 19. ILLUSTRATION BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS

BU experts talk mental health following OCD Awareness Week

Roshni Kotwani October 24, 2019
Last week marked this year’s annual OCD Awareness Week, which spanned from Oct. 13 to 19 and aims to educate the public about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder through lectures, fundraisers and social media posts.

Youth prone to greater stress than other ages

Daily Free Press Admin February 13, 2013

In response to a recent study that found young people are suffering from greater stress than other generations, Boston University officials said they are working hard to recognize and minimize stress...

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