Video Game Therapy

Whether it is in a real world or cyber space, meeting people seems to be an almost inevitable part of modern daily life. Meeting or interacting with new people can be stressful. When people encounter a stranger, they try to avoid or reduce it by getting as much information as possible in the course of the conversation or interaction. There is an average of two gamers in each game-playing U.S household as shown in the research of ESA Entertainment Software Association (2013). According to ESA’s Effective Facts, over 50% of Americans are playing video games that means at least one of the average U.S. household owns dedicated game console such as Xbox360, PS series, etc., Computer, or smartphone. The average age of game players is 30 years old. In that manner, the video games are not the property of the children anymore. Playing video game becomes as an important social issue. This particular study investigates video game reduces the social anxiety.

Video games can have positive, therapeutic effects on players of all ages, especially those with mental or emotional problems. Games provide a chance to tune out the stresses of everyday life and decompress. Giving your mind time to rest is critical for emotional and mental well-being. Relaxation reduces the risk of heart problems and stroke, boosts memory, buffers against depression, and helps decision making. It even has physical health benefits, by suppressing

Cerangolu (2010) found that video games could enhance the therapeutic experience. They could help facilitate the therapeutic relationship as young people may be more willing to relate to a therapist that is ready to engage and understand their normal way of playing. Also sitting side by side rather than at the conventional “ten to two” setting also may make the young person relax. How the game is played can also reveal the young person cognitive style.

This review will be about papers published in the field of rehabilitative gaming, particularly focusing on those published by Gary Ushaw. By implementing rehabilitation exercises into an interactive game, the patient no longer sees them as a chore and instead will engage for longer and complete them in a quicker time, which speeds up the healing process (Ushaw, Ziogas, Eyre, & Morgan, 2013). I personally believe there is serious potential in the future of rehabilitative gaming, which will be beneficial to both the patient in question because they take less time to complete the rehabilitation process, and doctors and the NHS because patients can use home equipment instead of coming onto a hospital etc.

The lack of technology in the past has left multiple stroke patients struggling with physical and mental impairments. However, due to the constant change and improvements made to technology, patients are now getting more help with their physical and mental needs. Nowadays, the odds of a patient gaining full function and ability back after a traumatic brain injury are much more favorable than not. Advanced technology such as robotic gloves, interactive video games, and electrical stimulators are effective tools in the treatment of strokes because they stimulate the brain to help regain ability and motor functions.

Still, there are opponents to the notion of violent video games being a necessary therapeutic release. According to the article contained in the Harvard Mental Health Letter, Violent Video Games and Young People, they argue against this notion of therapeutic release.

On a website named my.vanderbilt.edu I found out that people who play video games can help your directional skills. This skill can be very usual in today’s world, it’s simple you’re in a job and you don’t do the job right you will get fired. People will also get problem solving skill from games coming up with new challenges throughout the game (Hughes, 2014). There also been studies where kids been improving in their visual-spatial capacity, visual acuity, task switching, decision making (Jenkins, 2012). There was a fact that I really didn’t think about until I read about it on a website one the same website (Hughes, 2014). The fact is 60% of frequent gamers play with friends, 33% with siblings and 25% with a spouse or parents. This just shows that people can always be meeting new people and getting to know new cultures around the world. Finally, I will talk about people who never gotten affect by games but still turned out

The comparison data revealed that. standard therapy alone is time-consuming and produced modest out.come whereas combing both the standard and virtual therapies produced improved outcomes. The desired patient outcome is to regain ambulation and improved function of the affected areas.

Most parts of the writing recommends that it was not up to this point be that as it may, that virtual restoration had been recognized as a genuinely viable strategy for treatment. This leap forward did not go the distance years of innovative work then again, however through late presentations of minimal effort computer game frameworks, for example, the Nintendo Wii. It was then that advisors observed computer games capacities to empower and divert patients, as well as to occupy them, enhancing agony administration, and inspire them to perform restorative errands

I am intrigued by the possibility of using a game to bring forth healing solutions. So far story telling has been one of the few ways of reaching the masses. Computers and smart phones another. The time for virtual reality may well have arrived. I have never played such a game; my exposure is limited to Sci-Fi

When playing video games, the coordination and concentration can physically, socially, and mentally benefit the user. Research today shows that certain video games can reduce fat and therefore promote weight loss. Other sources state that doctors have instructed parents to let their children play video games to help control focus. It is found that video games can improve hand eye

Additionally, VR can also be used as a way to have virtual treatment centers that can help many people. These treatment centers would reduce the amount of space needed to have the treatment for the patient. According to the article, “VR has been proven effective in the treatment of PTSD and anxiety disorders. Right now, VR is largely used for exposure therapy, gradually exposing people to the situation that triggers their anxiety and PTSD” (Titava). These treatment centers can be highly effective and the cost for the use of this will be accessible to most people. This will influence for other types of treatment centers to open their doors to VR technology. Not only does it benefit the business, but it also benefits the patient in healing through

In another approach, Griffiths M. (2003) explored videogames use in treating physically challenged children at childhood and adolescence. They enabled wheelchair users to play commercially available videogames and their results demonstrated improved physical fitness in a sample of people with spinal cord injuries, spinal cord diseases, amputations, nerve diseases, and multiple sclerosis. It also found Videogames as distractors in the role of pain management. Moreover Videogames were found to help development the social and communication skills among the learning disabled. Based on this research, it is clear from the preceding overview that in the right context, videogames can have a positive therapeutic benefit for a large range of children and adolescents.

Scientifically, each type of game has been shown to help people on a physiological level. First-person shooting games, for instance, have been shown to increase reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and multitasking skills, while RPGs

Heres some proof for you skeptics, Believe it or not Doctors agree its been proven that surgeons who play video games once a day for 30 minutes leads to less mistakes in surgery. Although some say that it can mess up hand eye coordination up but it actually makes reflexis better and also its been tested. there are several ways it makes them faster when you first start playing video games you're bad. Your reaction time is slower and your motor skills aren't as good as others who play video games i know this from experience. Another way includes the experiment that was conducted on teens two sets of teens played two different games one was cod bo2 and the other was the sims3. for a total time of fifty hours and they ran test to see who would have better reflex time. It was the cod group this is because cod is