When Virtual Reality meets Mental Health

There is now a way for everyone to undergo mental health treatment in the comfort of their own home whilst also making it more affordable, accessible and anonymous.

What is Neurotops?

Her anxiety is Gone

How does life look anxiety free? It's a lot less stress inducing and more relaxing. It's like finally being able to breath fresh air.

Woman sitting in a field of flowers free of her anxiety

Speaks in public Again

Stage fright is a thing of the past. She can now look people in the eye and confidently speak to them in any room.

woman speaking publicly in a crowded room

No longer fears Dogs

From changing street side when faced with a dog to letting them lick your face, his improvement is one to admire.

So what seems to be the problem? Why can't we also enjoy all of the above?

It's not accessible

Great effort has been put into making mental healthcare accessible over the years but it seems that no matter what, supply cannot meet the demand. With the advent of Covid but not only because of it, we are now in a mental health crisis with many people unable to access treatment due to various reasons: from distance to time wasted in traffic, lack of enough medical professionals, not being able to travel and the reasons could go on and on.

woman in a wheelchair in a forest near a sign which says: not disabled accessible

It's not affordable

It's sad and very telling that today, before even considering getting help, people have to think about the enormous costs. With therapy sessions reaching for up to £250 to witch we add the cost of traveling back and forth to a cabinet and not to mention the prescriptions for medicine, it's no wonder that people seeking help feel like the entire process might give them depression instead of treating it.

A man being distressed when he learns of the price he has to pay at the doctor

It's not anonymous

Meeting face-to-face with a stranger to whom you will have to spill all of your deepest, darkest troubles is for a lot of people an unsurpassable hurdle. It's not about the doctor not keeping your problems a secret, it's about the anxiety a lot of people feel when considering or undergoing face-to-face therapy. This is why a lot of the initial process that a mental health professional needs to go through with their patient is focused on just building trust so that the treatment will feel more comfortable.

woman being distressed at a therapy session with her mental health professional

So what solutions can Neurotops offer?

We call our solution the AAA solution since it aims to solve all of the problems above: accessibility, affordability and anonymity creating a revolution in mental health treatment

How do we make mental health Accessible?

Neurotops focuses on using virtual reality as an alternative to traditional methods of treatment. The benefits of using this technology are many but when we talk about accessibility what it offers is no geographical limitations whatsoever. You can now undergo a therapy session in the comfort of your own home without the need to travel anywhere.

Woman undergoing virtual reality therapy treatment in the comfort of her own home

How do we make mental health Affordable?

Making mental health treatment affordable might sound like a distant dream but it is possible with the right tools. Using virtual reality and a subscription model, our goal here at Neurotops is to make sure as many people as possible can afford to get the help they need by saving costs on travel time and therapy sessions in fancy locations.

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How do we make mental health Anonymous?

With the use of virtual reality, Neurotops can make therapy sessions anonymous and also as an added benefit, a lot safer as well.. The only meeting place between the therapist and the patient will happen in a virtual environment where they are both represented by cartoon avatars. This will make the treatment process feel a lot more comfortable.

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How does it work?

The process of receiving the help you need has never been easier

Subscribe to our services

In order to receive our services you must first subscribe to one of our subscription model. After which you will receive by post your virtual reality headset and instructions on how to download and use our dedicated mobile app.

Get set

The next step is to download our mobile application and create an account. After that you will be prompted to choose or design your avatar, your virtual reality counterpart. Last step is to choose what kind of challenge you would like to work on and pick from a large network of mental health professional one that you feel is most suited based on their qualifications.

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people undergoing virtual reality therapy in different environments: in bed, in an armchairs, while meditating on a rug, outside in the garden

Make your treatment comfortable

Now that you are all set up you can just go to your most comfortable place either in your own home or anywhere else and start your therapy session. The virtual reality environment will only display your and your therapist avatars so there is no more awkwardness from having to talk face-to-face. This anonymity will give you another degree of comfort which in turn can make you treatment process even more effective and easier.

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But does virtual reality really help with treating mental health problems?

There are already numerous trials and studies which show how virtual reality therapy is better across the board from traditional methods of treatment. Some of the perks and advantages include:

A very safe treatment environment.

Mental health professionals need to be careful when dealing with the phobias and trauma of patients. Often times they will need to use exposure therapy in order to treat them and there is no safer environment to do that than virtual reality, a place where the danger feels real but it never is.

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People more willing to undergo treatment

Surveys conducted among people suffering from different ailments such as depression, anxiety disorders, phobias and PTSD have shown that 40% more individuals would undergo treatment if it was done in virtual reality since it would eliminate the need to meet face-to-face with a mental health professional.

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Better and faster treatment results

One of the best methods of treating anxiety, phobias or PTSD is to undergo exposure therapy treatment. When it comes to this, studies have shown that virtual reality exposure therapy treatment as opposed to in vivo methods shows much better results both in speed and in number of successful treatments.

Treatment process is a lot more comfortable

Being able to undergo treatment at home or in any other place for that matter while avoiding the awkward face-to-face meeting with a mental health professional, makes the entire process feel a lot more comfortable which as we know can make treatment a lot more likely to succeed.

From those who have already tasted success

“Neurotops has the potential to be a game changer. There is a strong team behind the project, motivated by changing the face of mental health treatment”

- Eve K ( Psychotherapist )

“I was the very first person to try out a session. In my case you could say that curiosity cured the cat. It helped me so much with my anxiety, specially during COVID lockdown"

- Kiley Ellis ( Customer )

But why use virtual reality over other means?

Can't I just use a webcam instead?

To compensate for the large numbers of mental health cases and low number of professionals, during Covid web services like webcam meetings have been implemented. Unfortunately they have proven widely ineffective compared to any other method of treatment.

Maybe if I wait, I will eventually feel better.

On the contrary, studies consistently show that untreated mental health conditions, even ones that seem mild or benign can turn for the worse if left alone for to long and can lead to other mental or physical conditions developing.

I find meditation to help with recovery.

Meditation can absolutely help! Even more so for releasing stress and relaxing. And what can be better to be able to meditate in the most exotic or relaxing environments known to man? Or maybe even among the stars! Virtual reality can take your meditation routine to the next level.

Will virtual reality therapy be the future?

We believe it to be so. I am sure you have noticed as well, the way everyone is strapped for time now. Being able to undergo effective treatment in the comfort of your own home, not to mention also in a safe environment which you can control is going to be the go to standard in mental health treatment solutions.

Humans are resilient by nature because of our adaptability. But this can also be our downfall as we often like to wait out our problems instead of addressing them. Either because of stigma or lack of time or money, there are many reasons, legitimate or not, which people employ in order to justify not seeking help. Of course it could also be that they do not want help, a scenario in which they could be already to far gone and in need of urgent counseling. Whatever the reason, we want Neurotops to be the way towards making mental health treatment a regular, normal process and not something that people need to weigh in against other problems in order to get.. The end goal is to put a smile back on to the faces of people who have suffered through mental health conditions that have taken living life like a regular person away from them.

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