In a recent study published in Nature Human Behavior, researchers investigate the impact of video gaming on psychological health in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study ...

Rana Coniglio, an Arizona-based therapist who works primarily with Gen Z clients, said they often arrive at her practice already attached to a diagnosis they found on TikTok. Sometimes, that ...

In the early days of the COVID lockdown, Hiroyuki Egami was desperate to get his hands on a Nintendo Switch. He already had one of the handheld game devices, but he also had two sons who were old ...

Playing video games for a couple of hours a day can improve mental health, according to a study on gamers in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic 1. The research — which was done from December 2020 to ...

A pioneering study titled “Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020-2022,” published in Nature Human Behaviour, has conducted the most comprehensive investigation to date on ...

Video games are a powerful form of entertainment-education, tackling various themes that reflect the complexities of the world around us. Among these, mental illness is frequently explored, but all ...

We’ve all heard about the big, nasty dent that the pandemic put in young people’s sense of mental well-being. And most of us have also heard about the strong, science-backed connection between ...

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In recent years, the number of Americans seeking therapy has surged. The reasons are multifaceted, but chief among them are the COVID-19 pandemic intensifying demand for mental health support and ...