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This post and podcast are for informational purposes only, and are not intended as medical advice. Please contact a healthcare professional with any health-related questions. "It's all about the patients," says pioneering psychologist/neuropsychologist Dr. Albert "Skip" Rizzo. He's discussing his use of medical virtual reality in clinical psychology. And for him, it all started in the 1990s, with an observation he made while watching one of his patients absorbed in a popular game. Fast-forward to today. With numerous awards for his groundbreaking work, Dr. Rizzo, or Skip, as he prefers to be called, is the Director of Medical Virtual Reality at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. He also serves as Research Professor and Scientist for both USC's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and their School of Gerontology. A range of applications Among the applications he has created is BraveMind: a VR-based exposure therapy program for