For decades, mental health professionals have been using toys and games to engage patients during psychotherapy. During the pandemic, that was a lot harder as therapy went remote.

For decades, mental health professionals have been using toys and games to engage patients during psychotherapy. During the pandemic, that was a lot harder as therapy went remote.

This tool helps “patients re-engage with day-to-day activities, ... “VR can only be one part of mental health care, and not the whole system,” he says. Opportunities in space.

DeepWell Digital Therapeutics will develop and augment video games with features that can treat mental health conditions. The company, founded with Devolver Digital founder Mike Wilson, is working ...

Playing video games has numerous benefits for your mental health. Video games can help you relieve stress and get your mind going. Some benefits include: Mental stimulation. Video games often make ...

MHFA is the care provided to someone who might be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. You might be wondering – what does that even look like in practice?

The video game developers don't necessarily care - yet - whether games are proved to have health benefits, said Zack Lynch, producer of the NeuroGaming 2014 conference.

Today is World Mental Health Day, so it's a particularly appropriate time for the inaugural edition of The International Games Summit on Mental Health Awareness (TIGS for short). The two-day event ...

While video games have suffered the stigma of glamorizing violence or feeding ... The organization has helped more than 36,000 people with its universal mental health care system across 133 ...