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Video Games and Mental Health
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About this book
How do video games and mental health intersect from the perspectives of psychology and game design? In recent years, the topic of mental health has gained tremendous importance for the games industry, affecting both the applied and entertainment games sectors. The former draws from established practices in diagnostics, digital medicine, therapy, and self-help to develop innovative and accessible tools; the latter follows in the tradition of games d'auteur, addressing the topic of mental health from a personal perspective. The contributors to this volume inspect current trends and future perspectives related to these phenomena to inform the work of psychologists and game designers.
Author / Editor information
Federico Alvarez Igarzábal is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, working in the EU-funded project VIRTUALTIMES. His research focuses primarily on the temporality of video games from a formalist and cognitive-scientific perspective. He obtained his PhD at the Institute of Media Culture and Theatre of the University of Cologne and the Cologne Game Lab of the TH Köln in 2018 with his thesis »Time and Space in Video Games«.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Video Games and Mental Health
7 - Positive Impact
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“Take Eight Bits and Call Me in the Morning”
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When Gamers Save Lives
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On the Potential of Digital Games to Promote Healthy and Pro-Environmental Behavior
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A Psycho-Sociology of Virtualization
81 - Representation
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Good Grief
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The Strong Female Protagonist
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Through the Empty Bottles
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The Sanity Metre
151 - Design Perspectives
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Lie in My Heart
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Colorful Depression
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Something Beautiful is Going to Happen
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Contributors
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