Raidercast

44: Clinical Psychology & Tomb Raider

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Show Notes

In this episode, I speak to clinical psychologist and Tomb Raider Dr Amy Goodrum about the positive benefits video games can have on players, and how the media's portrayal of video games as the cause of violent and aggressive behavior isn't as clear cut as they'd have us believe.

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𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲:

𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡, Edited by Rachel Kowert

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝐴 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦, by Alexander Kriss Ph.D.

𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦, 𝐴 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒, by Anthony M. Bean Ph.D.

𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑚, by Jamie Madigan Ph.D.

For clinicians wanting to study and learn more about gaming and how it can be used in the therapeutic context: https://geektherapeutics.com/

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