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The positive use of video games and media in psychodynamic psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Hojman Horacio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30474
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , psychodynamics , interpersonal communication , covid-19 , social media , media use , psychotherapist , social psychology , political science , medicine , psychiatry , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
During this COVID‐19 pandemic, thousands of children and adolescents remain in their homes without going to school, becoming physically isolated from friends and the external world. Many children are using social media and gaming during this difficult worldwide period of anxiety and uncertainty to regulate their internal world and interpersonal relationships. This is the latest expression of a radical change in how children and adolescents express themselves, which has grown exponentially since the introduction of gaming and social media.