Using Mobile-Based Games as a Means for the Self-treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Youth

Scott Cabot; Brett Wilkinson

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_11

Using Mobile-Based Games as a Means for the Self-treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Youth

Scott Cabot, Brett Wilkinson

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Long term cases of mental health conditions in Australians generally manifest before the age of 14 years old. Due to this statistic it is important to design cost effective approaches to allow young people the opportunity to selftreat the symptoms of their depression or anxiety. Furthermore, this paper aims to determine if providing these solutions in an age appropriate medium, through serious games on a mobile device, enhances the effectiveness of their treatment. A pilot study was performed to determine if playing serious games on a tablet device improved general mood and decreased heart rate in young Australians.

Original language	English
Pages	128-133
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_11
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG2016 - Duration: 26 Sept 2016 → …

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Conference	Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG2016
Period	26/09/16 → …

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