The effect of the video game Mindlight on anxiety symptoms in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wijnhoven, Lieke A M W ^a,b   Creemers, Daan H M ^a,b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a,c   Granic, Isabela ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Mental Health Institute Oost Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety symptoms; ASD; Children; Treatment; Video game

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAY THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84938973617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0522-x     Document Type: Article

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