The Use of User-Centered Participatory Design in Serious Games for Anxiety and Depression

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 327-333

  Dekker, Maria R ^a   Williams, Alishia D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Game research; Mental health; Participatory design; Serious games; Therapy; User centered design

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDS; VIDEO GAME;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85038588026     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2017.0058     Document Type: Review

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