Parameters for video games for the treatment of mental illness in children

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-7

  Alshanqiti, Hend ^a   Blanchfield, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cogntive behavioural therapy; Computer games; Mental illness; Social learning theory

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION;

BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS; COGNTIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY; COMPUTER BASED TOOLS; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; MENTAL ILLNESS; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84938604178     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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