Serious Games for Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 127-135

  Eichenberg, Christiane ^a   Schott, Markus ^a  

^a SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Literature review; Psychotherapy; Serious games

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARDS; VIDEO GAME;

HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85021049310     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2016.0068     Document Type: Review

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