Video Games as Therapy?

Growing research has started focusing on potential use of video games as a part of therapy. Video gaming has been used successfully as an additional tool to treat depression and anxiety, but researchers are now exploring putting gaming as a core element, creating models that rely on Myers-Briggs personality tools to select the correct game for the problem to be treated. In Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy-The Video Game Therapy®Approach a model is proposed that may be of benefit in improving sense of identity and social feeling.