Study shows video game helps those with late-life depression
Project: EVO has shown to improve mood those struggling with depression
Project: EVO has shown to improve mood those struggling with depression
A video game may be the answer to those struggling with mild or moderate late-life depression.
by the University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine, researches have found that people struggling with late-life depression showed improvements after using Project: EVO, a digital platform designed to "."
Lead by Patricia Areán, a UW Medicine researcher in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, the team conducted two studies.
(ages 60+) who suffered from late-life depression. The group was randomized into groups that received Project: EVO and those that received in-person therapy treatment known as problem-solving therapy.
The study showed that those who played the game five times a week for 20 minutes or more saw mood and brain improvements as well as an increase in cognitive benefits.
A second study randomized 600 people diagnosed with mild or moderate depression into three groups of three different depression apps: Project: EVO, a problem-solving therapy app, or a placebo control (an app called Health Tips, which offers healthy life suggestions.)
People with mild depression saw greater improvements after using Project: EVO and the problem-solving app over the placebo.
바카라 게임 웹사이트These results provide great potential for helping people who don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have the resources to access effective problem solving therapy,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Dr. Areán . 바카라 게임 웹사이트The apps should be used under clinical supervision because without a human interface, people were not as motivated to use it.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Project: EVO is currently undergoing multiple clinical trials for use in cognitive disorders including Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injury and ADHD.