QuoteA computer game designed to lift teenagers out of depression is as effective as one-on-one counselling, New Zealand doctors reported on Thursday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Researchers at the University of Auckland tested an interactive 3-D fantasy game called SPARX on a 94 youngsters diagnosed with depression whose average age was 15 and a half.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/computer-therapy-helps-young-depression-study-224944520.html
A cool story, but it leads to a disturbing thought, which is: What does this say about the effectiveness of modern conventional therapy?
Quote from: Martok on April 27, 2012, 05:12:56 AM
A cool story, but it leads to a disturbing thought, which is: What does this say about the effectiveness of modern conventional therapy?
I'm not sure a human can be fully replaced, but it might act as one more tool in the toolbox...rather than full replacement.