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A Guide to Depression During COVID-19
Articles, Resources April 30, 2020

A Guide to Depression During COVID-19

Author: Ian Phillips  The most important part of this is: It’s okay to feel these ways. We’re in an unprecedented time that is scary. There is a lot going on
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Side Quests and Immersion: Finding Serenity in Small Details
Articles, General, Submissions December 6, 2019

Side Quests and Immersion: Finding Serenity in Small Details

Author: Peter Cargill Anyone who has played a game in the Arkham Franchise knows the constant struggle between continuing the story and exploring the world. And by exploring the world,
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How Red Dead Online Helped Me Talk To My Brother About Mental Health
Articles, General, Submissions December 4, 2019

How Red Dead Online Helped Me Talk To My Brother About Mental Health

“It’s a nasty world out there, and it’s catching up with us…” Read Dead Redemption 2, 2019 Author: Brandon Cole It’s 2001 and a much cuter and happier me is
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How Xbox Live Helped Me Go Outside
Articles, General, Submissions October 21, 2019

How Xbox Live Helped Me Go Outside

Author: Alina Bradford Just a few years ago, I was pretty much a shut-in. The clinical term is agoraphobia, but for the people around me, it looked a lot like
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Gaming to Improve Self-Image: Clinical Research
Articles, Research January 25, 2018

Gaming to Improve Self-Image: Clinical Research

This series of articles explores the current clinical research that exists around the benefits that playing video games can have for wellbeing. Wherever we can, we have linked to a
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How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience
Articles, Resources, Submissions October 8, 2017

How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience

This article is cross-posted with permission from the wonderful blog Screen Therapy.   How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience   This is the second part of this article. In the previous
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Games Teach Us How To Fail Well
Articles, Submissions October 5, 2017

Games Teach Us How To Fail Well

This article is cross-posted with permission from the wonderful blog Screen Therapy.   Games Teach Us How To Fail Well   It’s getting dark outside, you’ve been playing this game
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What Pokemon Teaches About Psychotherapy
Articles, Submissions September 12, 2017

What Pokemon Teaches About Psychotherapy

This guest feature was written by Dr Neil R. Jeyasingam, Bsc(Med), MBBS, MBus, MPsych, Cert(Old Age), FRANZCP. He is a Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Philosopher and Player of Games. Buy his book (it’s
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A Guide to Coping Mechanisms as Described by Game Characters PART 3
Articles, Character Psychology, Resources July 28, 2017

A Guide to Coping Mechanisms as Described by Game Characters PART 3

This is Part 3 of 3. Part 1 | Part 2   If you struggle to cope, find yourself experiencing high levels of distress frequently, or compartmentalise emotions and actually
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A Guide to Coping Mechanisms as Described by Game Characters PART 2
Articles, Character Psychology, Resources July 26, 2017

A Guide to Coping Mechanisms as Described by Game Characters PART 2

This is Part 2 of 3. Part 1 | Part 3   If you struggle to cope, find yourself experiencing high levels of distress frequently, or compartmentalise emotions and actually
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