Strategies for designing effective psychotherapeutic gaming interventions for children and adolescents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2217-2235

  Goh, Dion H ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^b   Tan, Hui Chern ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer game design; Mental health; Psychotherapeutic games; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; HEALTH;

APPLIED (CO); BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTER GAMING; ELSEVIER (CO); FUTURE RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; TREATMENT METHODS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 45649084335     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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