Prairie Doc Perspective

By: Carissa Regnerus, RDH, MA, FADHA, Regan Luken, RN, MSN, and Betty Hulse, PA-C, MSPAS

The USD School of Health Sciences Complementary and Alternative Medicine resear ch team, i n partnership with the South Dakota Human Services Center (HSC), has introduced virtual reality (VR) as a groundbreaking tool in inpatient mental health care.

A pilot study, funded by the South Dakota Community Foundation,…