Depressed Astronauts might get Virtual Shrink [How About a Nice Game of Chess?]
October 25, 2008 by Justin
Filed under Lead Story, Tech
You’re in space, with 5 or 7 other people, and you get depressed, and it’s not like NASA can send a shrink up there, or have one on call 24/7. Essentially, the program (dubbed, “Virtual Space Station”) helps astronauts pinpoint why they are depressed, and then the data can be sent to a real psychotherapist who records a message, and sends it back. This could be a major step foreword, as this sort of thing might be a major problem on future missions to Mars. Hey, as long as it works better than ELIZA…
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