I wrote about how military veterans were forming large Second Life support groups, in large part as a way of help each other recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.

After all, many vets are uncomfortable about discussing their PTSD in public for many reasons, and are often physically disabled and/or live in remote areas, making it logistically difficult for them to commune in person with fellow service people.  In these cases and others, a virtual community of avatars embodied in a shared space seemed like an ideal solution.

 Often SL is touted for various real world applications, but by people already vested in the metaverse, so some skepticism is warranted.

more inclined to take at face value an endorsement from someone whose interest isn't virtual worlds per se, but in helping vets.

it's an application we're likely to see more of, in coming years.