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Positive Play: Games for Human Potential and the Yet Unexplored Case of Anorexia Nervosa

Positive Play: Games for Human Potential and the Yet Unexplored Case of Anorexia Nervosa
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Author(s): Pedro Cardoso (University of Porto, Portugal), Viviane Peçaibes (University of Porto, Portugal), Bruno Giesteira (University of Porto, Portugal)and Liliana Correia de Castro (Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 32
Source title: Handbook of Research on Solving Modern Healthcare Challenges With Gamification
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ricardo Alexandre Peixoto de Queirós (uniMAD, Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design, Portugal)and António José Marques (LabRP, School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7472-0.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter's first goal is to present the concept of Positive Play as an expression of play focused on social, psychological, and physical well-being and human potential. It presents some of its foundations in the form of eight maxims that emerged from an analysis on various games developed in the industry and in research settings. Afterwards, it demonstrates of how Positive Play can be integrated in different contexts of action, from diagnosis and intervention to contexts focused on prevention and promotion of awareness and knowledge in the scope of mental health, regarding treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, through a series of in-progress case studies in the form of game prototypes.

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