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Commercial Video Games As Therapy: A New Research Agenda to Unlock the Potential of a Global Pastime

Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018-01, Vol.8, p.300-300 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2018 Frontiers Research Foundation ;Copyright © 2018 Colder Carras, Van Rooij, Spruijt-Metz, Kvedar, Griffiths, Carabas and Labrique. 2018 Colder Carras, Van Rooij, Spruijt-Metz, Kvedar, Griffiths, Carabas and Labrique ;ISSN: 1664-0640 ;EISSN: 1664-0640 ;DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00300 ;PMID: 29403398

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  • Title:
    Commercial Video Games As Therapy: A New Research Agenda to Unlock the Potential of a Global Pastime
  • Author: Colder Carras, Michelle ; Van Rooij, Antonius J ; Spruijt-Metz, Donna ; Kvedar, Joseph ; Griffiths, Mark D ; Carabas, Yorghos ; Labrique, Alain
  • Subjects: Care and treatment ; eHealth ; Health aspects ; mental health ; Mental illness ; Methods ; prevention ; Psychiatry ; Psychological aspects ; Psychotherapy ; social media ; technology ; Video games
  • Is Part Of: Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018-01, Vol.8, p.300-300
  • Description: Emerging research suggests that commercial, off-the-shelf video games have potential applications in preventive and therapeutic medicine. Despite these promising findings, systematic efforts to characterize and better understand this potential have not been undertaken. Serious academic study of the therapeutic potential of commercial video games faces several challenges, including a lack of standard terminology, rapidly changing technology, societal attitudes toward video games, and understanding and accounting for complex interactions between individual, social, and cultural health determinants. As a vehicle to launch a new interdisciplinary research agenda, the present paper provides background information on the use of commercial video games for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental and other health conditions, and discusses ongoing grassroots efforts by online communities to use video games for healing and recovery.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1664-0640
    EISSN: 1664-0640
    DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00300
    PMID: 29403398
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
    Open Access: PubMed Central
    Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
    ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
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