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Forum on Video Games for Mental Health

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Vero Vanden Abeele,

John TorousAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 683 - 688

https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271551

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Over the recent years, mental health has become a major disease burden globally. Untreated mental illness has serious consequences for the individual, resulting in lower quality of life and has severe negative effects on the global economy. Digital solutions for mental health offer relief to the overburdened health care system but would benefit from design approaches geared to increase participant adherence and engagement. Video games offer a rich design ecosphere-ranging from narrative elements usable in therapy, accessible social dynamics, challenging cognitive tasks, to novel assessment approaches and applicability as preventive measures-suggesting their potential to advance digital solutions for mental health. While there is clear potential in video games for mental health, the challenges and opportunities of transferring game design to mental health applications, designing for specific mental illnesses, and integration games for mental health into the clinical context are rarely addressed.

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Cited By

Miralles IGranell C(2019)Considerations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health InterventionsInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.3390/ijerph1607119716:7(1197)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2019
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071197
Birk MWadley GAbeele VMandryk RTorous J(2019)Video games for mental healthInteractions10.1145/332848326:4(32-36)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3328483

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Forum on Video Games for Mental Health
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

October 2018

725 pages

ISBN:9781450359689

DOI:10.1145/3270316

General Chairs:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller
Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
,
Daniel Johnson
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
,
Ben Schouten
Eindhoven University of Technology and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
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Program Chairs:
Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
Play & Interactive Experiences for Learning Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
,
Peta Wyeth
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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Miralles IGranell C(2019)Considerations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health InterventionsInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.3390/ijerph1607119716:7(1197)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2019
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071197
Birk MWadley GAbeele VMandryk RTorous J(2019)Video games for mental healthInteractions10.1145/332848326:4(32-36)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3328483

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