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Therapeutic Games

Therapeutic Games is a type of digital therapeutic intervention that employs game design principles and interactive mechanisms to achieve specific clinical or health-related outcomes, distinguished from other serious games by its primary focus on evidence-based treatment, management, or prevention of medical conditions.

316

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14.2K

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1.2K

Authors

485

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2017–2026

121

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Publications

316

Serious Games and Gamification for Mental Health: Current Status and Promising Directions

Theresa Fleming, Lynda Bavin, Karolina Stasiak et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2017 · 603 citations · Full text

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The Doctor-Nurse Game

Leonard I. Stein · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1967 · 592 citations

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Video Games in Health Care: Closing the Gap

Pamela M. Kato · Review of General Psychology · 2010 · 501 citations

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Educational video game for juvenile diabetes: results of a controlled trial

Stephanie Brown, Debra A. Lieberman, B. A. Gemeny et al. · Medical Informatics · 1997 · 483 citations

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Serious games for rehabilitation: A survey and a classification towards a taxonomy

Paula Alexandra Rego, Pedro Miguel Moreira, Luís Paulo Reis · Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies · 2010 · 323 citations

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Authors

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  1. DC
    David Coyle

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    6 publications · 370 citations

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  2. PM
    Pamela M. Kato

    Coventry University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. NA
    N. Alberto Borghese

    University of Milan, Italy

    4 publications · 241 citations

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  4. MD
    Mark D. Griffiths

    Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 318 citations

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  5. CS
    Carol S. Bruggers

    University of Utah, United States

    4 publications · 148 citations

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Institutions

485

  1. University of Milan

    Milan, Italy

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    551 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    463 citations

  4. Trinity College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1K citations

  5. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    5 h-index

    29 publications

    936 citations

  6. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    619 citations

  7. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    179 citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    847 citations

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Venues

  1. Games for Health Journal

    13 publications · 664 citations

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  2. JMIR Serious Games

    9 publications · 361 citations

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  3. Entertainment Computing

    6 publications · 384 citations

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  4. Procedia Computer Science

    4 publications · 73 citations

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  5. Computers in Human Services

    4 publications · 81 citations

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