This platform in really unique compare to others. This is the first project I saw that offering psychological rehabilitation using virtual reality, AI and blockchain. I am just curious, what will be the possible ways to cure those person who have psychological problems? How does the virtual reality help those people?
Hi memyselfandi, thank you for your question and it's a great one.
Just to give you some history around this;
Virtual Reality was actually used back in 1994 by Kaiser Permanente to treat acrophobics (that’s people who are afraid of heights) and guess what? Kaiser was over 90% successful.
Then researchers moved on to use Virtual Reality on military combat personnel who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and guess what? Again, they were over 70% successful.
Now, you might be wondering, if these folks were successful back in 1994, why didn’t Virtual Reality become mainstream until now?
Well, there were many reasons, and the main one is cost. Yes ! It was very costly — the equipment was costly, the process was costly, everything was just too expensive. It just didn’t make sense for organizations to use the technology due to the cost-prohibitive nature.
Fortunately, things have changed, and the price of equipment has dropped dramatically, and we expect it to drop further over the coming years.
So, back to your question, the way we have handled things thus far (since our inception) was by leveraging what we call cognitive behavior and exposure therapy; where the patient is actually subjected to triggers and temptations that they would see in the real world and we would see how well they would react to this, and whether their reaction would improve upon time (as they repeat the program or do others with more challenging situations).
The way we would ensure that the patient is not actually trying to trick the system is by using sensors that would capture heart beat, blood pressure, etc. These sensors would give us the ability to identify the areas of risk, recommend treatment (using existing medication prescribed), and predict the behavior of the patient in the future. All of that using artificial intelligence.
Our results showed that 87% of participating patients have shown an overall improvement across various metrics within the following categories:
1- Problem Recognition & Acceptance
2- Openness to Change
3- Locus of Control
4- Decision-Making Influences
5- Emotional Intelligence & Regulation
6- Motivation & Resilience
All of that has been in the context of B2B.
Now our next step is to take this mainstream and use Blockchain technology to help us do so.
Virtual Rehab will leverage blockchain technology to provide a secure network to ensure privacy and decentralization of all data and all information relevant to these vulnerable populations (something that we do not have as of today).
And what gets us even more excited are the use cases for our ERC-20 utility token — $VRH.
So, what are the use cases of the $VRH token?
When dealing with the most vulnerable populations out there, privacy and security of information/data shared, become extremely important. Fortunately, this all can be made possible when integrating blockchain technology as part of the Virtual Rehab solution.
Below are some of the use cases for the $VRH Token:
1. User pays using $VRH Token to have access to pain management programs
Virtual Rehab users will have the ability to make use of their purchased $VRH Tokens to place order and to download several pain management virtual reality programs which they can use for physical therapy. All orders will be placed through the Virtual Rehab portal.
2. User pays using $VRH Token to have access to addiction prevention programs
Virtual Rehab users will have the ability to make use of their purchased $VRH Tokens to place order and to download several addiction prevention virtual reality programs which they can use to learn new ways of avoiding substance use temptations. All orders will be placed through the Virtual Rehab portal.
3. User pays using $VRH Token to have access to cognitive behavior therapy programs
Virtual Rehab users will have the ability to make use of their purchased $VRH Tokens to place order and to download several cognitive behavior therapy virtual reality programs which they can use to learn new behavioral skills along with additional training programs. All orders will be placed through the Virtual Rehab portal.
4. User pays using $VRH Token to receive further analysis of the executed programs
Virtual Rehab users will have the ability to make use of their purchased $VRH Tokens to request further analysis of the virtual reality programs which have been executed through the Virtual Rehab portal. The analysis will be conducted through Virtual Rehab’s artificial intelligence solution.
5. User gets rewarded in $VRH Token for seeking help
As an incentive to reward those users who seek pain management, substance use addiction therapy as well as counselling to prevent repeat offending, Virtual Rehab will issue $VRH Tokens, which can then be used by users for trading on exchanges or for further use on the Virtual Rehab portal. Certain conditions will apply along with a proof that users have sought additional therapy and counselling. The rewards incentive will be claimable using the Virtual Rehab portal.
Sorry for the long response - but I hope it does address your question.
Kindly also read our "Virtual Rehab All-Encompassing Solution" which we posted on Medium:
https://medium.com/@VirtualRehab/virtual-rehabs-all-encompassing-solution-bf1b2b6624e8Also, please feel free to join our Bounty Campaigns should you be interested:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4690891Thank you once again for your question and your support.
Thanks for very informative response sir, I learned a lot from your statements. So based on what you said, this platform will truly help and save a lot of people in the near future because of the features you have mentioned specially now a days the number or percentage of people having a depression is still increasing so I guess this platform is also applicable to them right? Also I am impressed with the over all improvement that the patient can acquire through this platform.
