Exclusive | New video game technology can treat depression without drugs or talk therapy

A futuristic fix for depression is here — and it doesn’t involve prescription drugs or a shrink. The first-of-its-kind treatment from GrayMatters Health uses something called “self-neuromodulation” to help patients rewire their own brain patterns to ease their symptoms.“This is a completely new paradigm of treatment for depression, and it actually works,” Dr.Aaron Tendler, a board-certified psychiatrist and chief medical officer of GMH, told The Post. The new protocol, called Prism for Depression, officially launches today and will be rolled out at participating clinics in the coming months.

A version aimed at helping PTSD patients hit the market last year.For Vivian Jackson, PRISM for PTSD was nothing short of life-changing.The 73-year-old had spent decades weighed down by trauma stemming from an abusive mother, brutal school bullying and a bitter divorce that left her a young, single parent.Her already fragile mental health took a devastating hit after complications from surgery left her unable to swallow and struggling to speak.For 11 days, Jackson was confined to a recovery ward, overwhelmed by her racing, intrusive thoughts.“That was when I wanted to jump out the window.

It was dark, dark, dark,” Jackson said.“The surgery just brought everything back.”The emotional crash that followed was relentless.“Nothing made me happy,” she recalled.

“I stopped singing, I stopped laughing.I just shut down.”A nurse eventually encouraged her to seek help, leading to a PTSD diagnosis — something that surprised Jackson.

“I thought only people in the military that went overseas had it,” she said. In reality, an estimated 6.8% of American adults — about 13 million people — experience PTSD at some point in their lives, according to the National Center for PTSD.Jackson had spent years on antidepressants with no relief.

But when her doctor suggested PRISM for PTSD, she was instantly intrigued — and finally, hopeful.The treatment is rel...