Published on in Vol 6, No 5 (2019): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12418, first published .
Gaming With Stigma: Analysis of Messages About Mental Illnesses in Video Games

Gaming With Stigma: Analysis of Messages About Mental Illnesses in Video Games

Gaming With Stigma: Analysis of Messages About Mental Illnesses in Video Games

Manuela Ferrari   1 * , MHSc, PhD ;   Sarah V McIlwaine   1, 2 * , BA ;   Gerald Jordan   3 , PhD ;   Jai L Shah   1, 2 , MD ;   Shalini Lal   1, 4, 5 , PhD, OTR ;   Srividya N Iyer   1, 2 , PhD

1 Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

3 Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

4 Carrefour de l'innovation et de l'évaluation en santé, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

5 School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally

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