video game

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Triangle of Life App for Children

September 17, 2015

A new mobile game app helps children who have experienced trauma by letting them use their tablets or smartphones to practice life skills they have learned in the therapist’s office. During the game, TF-CBT Triangle of Life, created by mental health professionals at Allegheny Health Network and students at the...
Sparx: 3D Animated Fantasy Game Effective in Treating Depression in Adolescents

June 29, 2013

A study by Dr Sally Merry, an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiarty at New Zealand’s Auckland University School of Medicine found that a 3D animated fantasy game, called “Sparx,” proved more effective in treating depression in adolescents than face-to-face therapy. A randomized clinical trial showed that the remission...
Playforward: Elm City Stories – iPad Video Game to Prevent HIV Infection among Youth

October 8, 2012

Yale researchers are developing a video game for the iPad aimed at preventing HIV infection among ethnic minority adolescents. Their study appears in Games for Health, titled A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Videogame for Adolescent Human Immunodeﬁciency Virus Prevention. The video game, which is called Playforward: Elm City Stories,...