Personal Investigator: A therapeutic 3D game for adolecscent psychotherapy

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-88

  Coyle, David ^a   Matthews, Mark ^a   Sharry, John ^a   Nisbet, Andy ^a   Doherty, Gavin ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolecsent Psychotherapy; Computer Gaming; Solution Focused Therapy; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012754     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415650580000034     Document Type: Article

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