Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education

Anya Andrews (Novonics Corporation, Training Technology Lab (TTL), USA), Rachel Joyce (University of Central Florida, USA) and Clint Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-739-8.ch013

Source title: Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning

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Andrews, Anya, Rachel Joyce and Clint Bowers. "Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education." Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning. IGI Global, 2010. 246-259. Web. 19 May. 2013. doi:10.4018/978-1-61520-739-8.ch013

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Andrews, A., Joyce, R., & Bowers, C. (2010). Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education. In J. Cannon-Bowers, & C. Bowers (Eds.), Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning (pp. 246-259). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-61520-739-8.ch013

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Andrews, Anya, Rachel Joyce and Clint Bowers. "Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education." In Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning, ed. Jan Cannon-Bowers and Clint Bowers, 246-259 (2010), accessed May 19, 2013. doi:10.4018/978-1-61520-739-8.ch013

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A significant number of research and experimentation efforts are currently underway to identify the effective ways of leveraging advanced gaming technologies towards the development of innovative training and education solutions for the mental health domain. This chapter identifies mental health training and education needs of modern “at risk” populations and discusses the potential of serious games as instructional interventions for addressing those needs. Special attention is paid to the importance of prevention training and ways to facilitate prevention by using serious games. Within the chapter, the authors cite a number of specific mental health-related serious game efforts and discuss design considerations for effective serious games.

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Serious Storytelling: Narrative Considerations for Serious Games Researchers and Developers (pages 13-30)

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An Adventure in Usability: Discovering Usability Where It Was Not Expected (pages 31-46)

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Development of Game-Based Training Systems: Lessons Learned in an Inter-Disciplinary Field in the Making (pages 47-80)

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Kinesthetic Communication for Learning in Immersive Worlds (pages 102-116)

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How Games and Simulations Can Help Meet America's Challenges in Science Mathematics and Technology Education (pages 117-133)

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Games for Peace: Empirical Investigations with PeaceMaker (pages 134-149)

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This study highlights the findings of researchers who, since the early 1980s, recognized the potential of engaging seniors in game interactions as an alternative to... Sample PDF | More details...

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Re-Purposing a Recreational Video Game as a Serious Game for Second Language Acquisition (pages 178-195)

Yolanda A. Rankin (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA), Marcus W. Shute (Clark Atlanta University, USA)

Serious games designed for educational purposes promote acquisition of knowledge and skills that are valued in the both the virtual realm and the real world. However... Sample PDF | More details...

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Application of behavioral theory in computer game design for health behavior change (pages 196-232)

Ross Shegog (UT-School of Public Health, USA)

Serious games are gaining profile as a novel strategy to impact health behavior change in the service of national health objectives. Research has indicated that many... Sample PDF | More details...

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Avatars and Diagnosis: Delivering Medical Curricula in Virtual Space (pages 233-245)

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Medical education faces a host of obstacles in coming decades requiring that it rethink the way it delivers medical curricula, especially with regard to critical thi... Sample PDF | More details...

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Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education (pages 246-259)

Anya Andrews (Novonics Corporation, Training Technology Lab (TTL), USA), Rachel Joyce (University of Central Florida, USA), Clint Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)

A significant number of research and experimentation efforts are currently underway to identify the effective ways of leveraging advanced gaming technologies towards... Sample PDF | More details...

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Pervasive Health Games (pages 260-269)

Martin Knöll (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

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Influencing Physical Activity and Healthy Behaviors in College Students: Lessons from an Alternate Reality Game (pages 270-289)

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Establishing a Science of Game Based Learning (pages 290-304)

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The Way Ahead for Serious Games (pages 305-310)

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