Stigma-Stop: A Serious Game against the Stigma toward Mental Health in Educational Settings

Stigma-Stop: A Serious Game against the Stigma toward Mental Health in Educational Settings

This paper presents the results from the application of a serious game called Stigma-Stop among a group of high school students with the aim of reducing the stigma toward mental illnesses. The video game features characters with various mental disorders (schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder,...

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Main Authors: Adolfo J. Cangas, Noelia Navarro, José M. A. Parra, Juan J. Ojeda, Diego Cangas, Jose A. Piedra, Jose Gallego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
stigma
virtual reality
psychological disorders
serious games
human factors
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01385/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01385/full

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