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Commentary: Let’s get digital: a commentary on Halldorsson et al.'s call for more rigorous development and evaluation of immersive digital interventions for children and young people's mental health
Author(s) -
Davies E. Bethan,
Bergin Aislinn Dawn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.13423
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , mental health , psychology , applied psychology , medical education , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine
In the JCPP Annual Research Review for 2021, Halldorsson and colleagues (2021) present a systematic review of applied games and virtual reality interventions for treating mental health problems in children and young people, looking at the effectiveness of interventions upon mental health outcomes but also on the experience of using such interventions. In this commentary, we highlight a number of considerations in understanding what research has been achieved so far, and ideas for what needs to be looked at next in further advancing this field.