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| Title |
Videogames and Therapy: A Narrative Review of Recent Publication and Application to Treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01085 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gilbert E. Franco |
| Abstract |
Individuals who play videogames can interact with virtual worlds, resulting in emotional and intellectual connections that have therapeutic implications in the hands of a skilled and informed therapist. There is research available in the literature that suggests that videogames are a viable option in psychotherapy. The present article provides a review of the literature available in the use of videogames in treatment, discusses the importance of disseminating the findings in the literature, and discusses the integration of videogames in treatment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| Greece | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 62% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 26 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 20 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 August 2023.
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