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Therapy 2.0 - Computer Based Self Help
The role of LiveCode in modern psychiatric therapy

BrainyDid you know that virtual applications are increasingly being used to treat patients with mental health issues? Virtual reality is being used to treat phobias, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorders. Text messaging is giving patients real time counselling when their problems hit hardest. And tech savvy therapists are even starting to use mobile apps to connect with their patients in the real world, or to offer patients an alternative to traditional therapeutic techniques. I spoke with Dr. Christopher Woelk of the University of Osnabrueck, Germany who believes in more than just pen, paper and a comfortable couch. Dr. Woelk is using LiveCode to make computer based self help programs to reach out to his patients and to interact with them beyond the safe confines of the therapist's office.

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App Showcase

Find out more about what you can expect from our day long "build an app" showcase at RunRevLive.11. How do you go about designing an app, and can you really write one in a day?

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Survey Results

We recently ran a survey to discover more about your needs in terms of platforms you use, features you need, and where you'd like us to put in most effort in future development. Here are some of the things you told us.

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Convert a Color Image to Grayscale

Work through this hands on tutorial showing you how to convert a color image to a grayscale image. Complete with code, part 1 of a series on Vision.

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