Video games as a complementary therapy tool in mental disorders: PlayMancer, a European multicentre study

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-374

  Fernández Aranda, Fernando ^a,b,c   Jiménez Murcia, Susana ^a,b,c   Santamaría, Juan J ^a,b   Gunnard, Katarina ^a,b   Soto, Antonio ^a,b   Kalapanidas, Elias ^d   Bults, Richard G A ^e   Davarakis, Costas ^d   Ganchev, Todor ^f   Granero, Roser ^g   Konstantas, Dimitri ^h   Kostoulas, Theodoros P ^f   Lam, Tony ⁱ   Lucas, Mikkel ^j   Masuet Aumatell, Cristina ^a   Moussa, Maher H ^h   Nielsen, Jeppe ^j   Penelo, Eva ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Systema Technologies   (Greece)

^e MobiHealth BV   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NetUnion Sarl   (Switzerland)

^j Serious Game Interactive   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Mental disorders; New technologies; Therapy; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; RESEARCH; SKILL;

ADULT; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SPAIN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84864213727     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2012.664302     Document Type: Article

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