Special Issue on Video Games for Mental Health

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2025

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Refining Open-World Game and Nostalgic Film Interventions for Broader and More Reliable Therapeutic Impact

Chenlei Sun, Ke Meng

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Oct 01); 13:e82157

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Author’s Reply: Refining Open-World Game and Nostalgic Film Interventions for Broader and More Reliable Therapeutic Impact

Andreas Benedikt Eisingerich, Annisa Arigayota, Barbara Duffek, Congcong Hou

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Sep 30); 13:e83239

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Improvement of Game Users’ Depressive Symptoms via Behavioral Activation in a Massive Multiplayer Online Game: Randomized Controlled Trial

Kenji Yokotani, Masanori Takano, Nobuhito Abe, Takahiro A Kato

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Sep 24); 13:e73734

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Effects of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Studio Ghibli Films on Young People’s Sense of Exploration, Calm, Mastery and Skill, Purpose and Meaning, and Overall Happiness in Life: Exploratory Randomized Controlled Study

Annisa Arigayota, Barbara Duffek, Congcong Hou, Andreas Benedikt Eisingerich

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Aug 01); 13:e76522

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Roblox Video Game (Super U Story) in Improving Body Image Among Children and Adolescents in the United States: Randomized Controlled Trial

Nicole Paraskeva, Sharon Haywood, Jason Anquandah, Paul White, Mahira Budhraja, Phillippa C Diedrichs, Heidi Williamson

J Med Internet Res 2025 (Jul 31); 27:e66625

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Game Design, Effectiveness, and Implementation of Serious Games Promoting Aspects of Mental Health Literacy Among Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review

Michael Zeiler, Sandra Vögl, Ursula Prinz, Nino Werner, Gudrun Wagner, Andreas Karwautz, Natalie Zeller, Lorenz Ackermann, Karin Waldherr

JMIR Ment Health 2025 (May 05); 12:e67418

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Escape Game to Promote Students’ Mental Health Outcomes in the Aftermaths of COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study Evaluating a Cocreated Intervention

David Labrosse, Clara Vié, Mireille Harb, Ilaria Montagni

JMIR Res Protoc 2025 (Apr 02); 14:e64068

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Comparative Efficacy of Video Games Versus Midazolam in Reducing Perioperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ziyue Luo, Sisi Deng, Ruihao Zhou, Ling Ye, Tao Zhu, Guo Chen

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 10); 13:e67007

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Digital Gaming and Subsequent Health and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Longitudinal Outcome-Wide Analysis

Atsushi Nakagomi, Kazushige Ide, Katsunori Kondo, Koichiro Shiba

J Med Internet Res 2025 (Jan 27); 27:e69080

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2024

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Game-Based Promotion of Assertiveness to Mitigate the Effects of Bullying in High School Students: Development and Evaluation Study

Francisco Lepe-Salazar, Fernando Mejía-Romero, Dámaso Benicio-Rodríguez, Aylin Hernández-Reyes, Tatsuo Nakajima, Sarita Salgado-Torres

JMIR Serious Games 2024 (Dec 24); 12:e58452

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2020

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Reflective and Reflexive Stress Responses of Older Adults to Three Gaming Experiences In Relation to Their Cognitive Abilities: Mixed Methods Crossover Study

Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, Atousa Assadi, Kate Li, Mahsa Mirgholami, Marie-Eve Rivard, Habib Benali, Kim Sawchuk, Bob De Schutter

JMIR Ment Health 2020 (Mar 26); 7(3):e12388

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Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Biofeedback Game (DEEP) to Reduce Anxiety and Disruptive Classroom Behavior: Single-Case Study

Rineke Bossenbroek, Aniek Wols, Joanneke Weerdmeester, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Isabela Granic, Marieke M J W van Rooij

JMIR Ment Health 2020 (Mar 24); 7(3):e16066

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2019

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Digital Games and Mindfulness Apps: Comparison of Effects on Post Work Recovery

Emily Collins, Anna Cox, Caroline Wilcock, Geraint Sethu-Jones

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (Jul 18); 6(7):e12853

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Gamification in Apps and Technologies for Improving Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Review

Vanessa Wan Sze Cheng, Tracey Davenport, Daniel Johnson, Kellie Vella, Ian B Hickie

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (Jun 26); 6(6):e13717

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Using Computer Games to Support Mental Health Interventions: Naturalistic Deployment Study

Hidde van der Meulen, Darragh McCashin, Gary O'Reilly, David Coyle

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (May 09); 6(5):e12430

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

Manuela Ferrari, Sarah V McIlwaine, Gerald Jordan, Jai L Shah, Shalini Lal, Srividya N Iyer

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (May 08); 6(5):e12418

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The Potential of Game-Based Digital Biomarkers for Modeling Mental Health

Regan Lee Mandryk, Max Valentin Birk

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (Apr 23); 6(4):e13485

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Framing Mental Health Within Digital Games: An Exploratory Case Study of Hellblade

Joseph Fordham, Christopher Ball

JMIR Ment Health 2019 (Apr 18); 6(4):e12432

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