Mental Health in Games - How We Can Do Better - Extra Credits

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Episode Title: Mental Health in Games - How We Can Do Better - Extra Credits
Produced by: Extra Credits
Description: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice offers some great examples of how to address mental illness respectfully in games, but we found some other examples in media as well as recommendations by actual psychologists. Many thanks to Heidi McDonald and Dr. Kelli Dunlap for their research and writing for this episode! Check out this paper: "Representation of Mental Illness in Video Games" by Dr. Kelli Dunlap http://www.ithrivegames.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CLS_Dunlap_2018.pdf Get info about all our shows at http://becausegamesmatter.com Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch ___________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: http://james-portnow.com ___________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS ♪ Outro Music: Sunny Day Drive By: “Just Coffee” https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03474


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