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Practicing Relapse Prevention in Artificial-Reality Environments [PREPARE]: A Game-Based Therapy Maintenance Tool investigates role-playing games designed to enable individuals aged 18 to 65 who have been diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence to practice skills that can help them prevent real-world relapses. The relapse prevention role-playing games are embedded as mini-games within an extensive multiplayer life management simulation game. The study compares behavioral and health impacts of (1) treatment plus access to the role-playing games, versus (2) treatment without access to the games.
Jan Cannon-Bowers, Ph.D.
Rachel Joyce
Steve D. LaRowe, Ph.D.
Donald L. (Hugh) Myrick, Ph.D.
Peter Smith
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University of Central Florida
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Practicing Relapse Prevention in Artificial-Reality Environments [PREPARE]: A Game-Based Therapy Maintenance Tool | AHCA Newsletter |
Health eNotes from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration  |
04/05/2010 |
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University of Central Florida
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Practicing Relapse Prevention in Artificial-Reality Environments [PREPARE]: A Game-Based Therapy Maintenance Tool | East Orlando Sun |
One Drink Can't Hurt  |
11/05/2008 |
Publications
Andrews, A., Joyce, R.T., & Bowers, C.A. (2010). Using Serious Games for Mental Health Education. In Serious Game Design and Development Technologies and Training for Learning, Cannon-Bowers J. & Bowers C. (eds). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010.
Joyce, R., Verduin, M., LaRowe, S., Bower, C., Cannon-Bowers., J. (2009, August). Lessons Learned: Adult Learners and Serious Game Design. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Learning Technologies, Alexandria, VA.
Joyce, R.T, Verduin, M., LaRowe, S., Bowers ,C.A., & Cannon-Bowers, J. (2010). Lessons learned: Adult learners and serious game design. Journal of Instructional Delivery Systems, 23(3):65, 6-16.
Joyce, R.T., Verduin, M., LaRowe, S., Bowers, C.A., & Cannon-Bowers, J. (2009, February). Lessons learned: Adult learners and serious game design, Presented at the semi-annual Society of Applied Learning Technology’s Interactive Technologies Conference, Arlington, VA.
Verduin, M.L., LaRowe, S., Joyce, R., Salazar, J., Myrick, H., & Bowers, C. (2009, December). Design of a Novel Relapse Prevention Videogame as an Adjunct to Treatment for Alcoholic Patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Addition Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA.