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  • About
    • About Us
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  • About Mental Health
    • General Information
    • Global Mental Health Resources
    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Personality Disorders
    • Crunch and Burnout
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    • Bipolar Affective Disorder
    • Schizophrenia and Psychosis
    • Addiction
    • Eating Disorders
  • Help and Support
    • Mental Health Resources
      • Free Resources
      • Global Sites and Hotlines
      • Coping Companion
      • Guided Meditation
    • For Developers and Streamers
      • For Developers
      • For Streamers
    • For Parents and Professionals
      • Welcome to CheckPointParents on Gaming
      • “Gaming Disorder” – What You Need To Know
      • Clinical Research
  • Video Games
    • Video Games for Positive Mental Health
    • Character Psychology
    • Clinical Research
    • Mental Health Representation in Games
    • Articles
Understanding How to Give Support with Selma and the Wisp
Articles, Submissions April 16, 2018

Understanding How to Give Support with Selma and the Wisp

Author: William M. Lee This is a guest post and does not represent the views of CheckPoint.   This game represents the effects of depression, anxiety and general phobias very
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Games as Mental Comfort Food: A Year with Europa Universalis 4
Articles, Submissions December 12, 2017

Games as Mental Comfort Food: A Year with Europa Universalis 4

Author: @elmarcel, professional game developer in Sweden This is a guest post and does not represent the views of CheckPoint.   Late 2014. I was working a job abroad that
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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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A Pumpkin In The Toilet- A Story About Autism and Video Games
Articles, Submissions May 27, 2017

A Pumpkin In The Toilet- A Story About Autism and Video Games

This article was submitted by Greg Lent.   A Pumpkin In The Toilet- A Story About Autism and Video Games Growing up with an autistic brother is hard. I know
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Addiction
Mental Health July 28, 2016

Addiction

Online Gaming Addiction As great as games can be, online gaming addiction can be detrimental to your health, even if it doesn’t feel like it. APA has developed 9 criteria
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Crunch and Burnout
Mental Health July 28, 2016

Crunch and Burnout

  CheckPoint regularly speaks about brunout, crunch and other challenges that developers face at conferences. Check out this one from Play by Play NZ, with Dr Jennifer Hazel.   What
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Anxiety
Mental Health July 28, 2016

Anxiety

  Despite being a more common condition than depression, anxiety is less diagnosed and often sufferers of severe anxiety fall under the radar for years or decades. This condition can
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