Specially designed video games can boost kids' mental health! Discover how fun and therapy can go hand in hand! ... Researchers found that games played for 20-45 minutes, ...

Owning and playing on game consoles during the COVID-19 pandemic improved mental health among children and adults. Image: Adobe Stock . Egami and colleagues surveyed 97,602 people aged 10 to 69 ...

"If a child has a video game problem, they are often playing it for several hours a day as opposed to a gamified digital mental health intervention that might be 20 to 45 minutes, three times a week," ...

Improved mental health for players isn't the only way games are creating positive change. Players have also come together to help Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 raise $2.5 million for the Prevent ...

The new paper in Technology, Mind, and Behavior provides the most comprehensive review yet of the links between gaming and mental health, its authors say.

Scientists conclude that some video games created as mental health interventions can be helpful -- if modest -- tools in improving the mental well-being of children and teens with anxiety ...

In a review of previous studies, a Johns Hopkins Children's Center team concludes that some video games created as mental health interventions can be helpful—if modest—tools in improving the ...