Cultural blog
Our cultural blog comprises three sub-blogs:
Gaming the Mind, focusing on the intersection between gaming and mental health, aims to raise awareness of mental health challenges and reduce the stigma surrounding these issues.
Minds on Film, exploring psychiatric conditions and mental health issues as portrayed in a selection of readily available films. It is written by Dr Joyce Almeida, a retired consultant psychiatrist based in the UK.
Minds in Music, written by Dr John Tully, looks at music through a mental health lens. It covers topics from music therapy to neuroscience, genres from electronica to punk to traditional folk singing, and interviews with artists struggling with everyday challenges to more severe mental illness.
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Book review: Checkpoint by Joe Donnelly
Dr Chun Chiang Sin Fai Lam discusses this wide-ranging tour of mental health issues in video games.
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The Reset Room: stillness and sanctuary at MCM Comic Con
Core trainee Jason Ng on his experience running a relaxation space in a busy geek convention, and how this can help make the convention accessible to people with mental health ...
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Time to get specific – an interview with Dr Linda Kaye on gaming disorder
Stephen Kaar discusses gaming disorder with Dr. Linda Kaye, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section
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Malte Burup discusses Mind Scanners: a dystopian psychiatry simulator
Sachin speaks the creator of Mind Scanners about the message he wants to send with his dystopian psychiatry simulator
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Kelvin Plomer of Jagex discusses mental health in the workplace
Dr Sin Fai Lam speaks to Kelvin Plomer from Jagex about promoting mental wellbeing within the game development workplace.
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Into a dream
Dr Sachin Shah interviews Filipe F. Thomaz, creator of Into A Dream, about the game's portrayal of depression
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Yume Nikki: insights into social isolation through playing a video game
Dr Hamilton Morrin and Dr Marcus PJ Tan look at the game Yume Nikki and review its depiction of Hikikomori (pathological self-isolation)
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Dr Christina Fawcett on the Batman: Arkham series and incarceration of people with mental illness
Dr Sachin Shah speaks to Dr Christina Fawcett, a video game theorist, about the depth of messaging regarding mental illness within these games.
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Gaming disorder and tips for parents: an interview with Professor Mark Griffiths
Stephen Kaar interviews Professor Mark Griffiths, Director of the International Gaming Research Unit, about gaming disorder.
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Dr Natasza Orlov on neurofeedback games and auditory hallucinations
Dr Sin Fai Lam speaks to the primary author of this proof-of-concept study.
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The serious game that provides CBT: Dr Mathijs Lucassen discusses SPARX
Dr Sachin Shah talks to Dr Mathijs Lucassen about SPARX, a set of seven cCBT sessions in the form of a fantasy-themed video game.
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George Shelley: Learning to Grieve
Learning to Grieve is an hour long documentary produced in 2018 for BBC3 featuring the former boy band star, George Shelley, in which he describes his experience of grief and ...
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