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2009 - Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul: by Hawke Robinson — published Mar 06, 2009 — last modified Jun 21, 2020 06:11 AM — filed under: Diagnosis: Depression, Book
by Stuart Brown, MD.
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LARP and Debriefing: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 21, 2017 — last modified Jun 21, 2020 08:26 AM — filed under: Diagnosis: Depression, LARP
Debriefing is a somewhat controversial topic in role-playing communities today. While some individuals feel that games should remain distinct from the mundane world and debriefing is an unnecessary complication, many role-players have grown concerned about difficulties in the process of transitioning between intense game experiences back to mundane life.[1]
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Post LARP Depression: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 21, 2017 — last modified Jun 21, 2020 06:29 AM — filed under: Diagnosis: Depression, LARP
Live-action role-playing (larp) occupies a unique place among analog games, for it demands as much from players’ bodies as it does from their minds. It comes then as no surprise that many players find themselves in the situation of feeling confused, exhausted, and emotionally raw after a larp event.1 In fact, larpers frequently exhaust themselves in advance through the leisure labor of planning their costumes, character actions, possible outcomes, and interactions...
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RPG for TBI - Similar Examples - Home Front Interactive Video Description of clients served: by Hawke Robinson — published Nov 16, 2016 — last modified May 14, 2018 03:45 PM — filed under: Diagnosis: Depression
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1994 - Use of D&D as a therapy for suicidal schizoid: by Hawke Robinson — published Jan 30, 2013 — last modified May 14, 2018 03:47 PM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Case study(ies), Effects of RPG, schizoid / schizophrenic, therapeutic rpg, research, therapeutic role-playing game, Diagnosis: Depression, suicide / suicidal, rpg for therapy, Diagnosis: Schizophrenia, schizophrenic, schizo-affective, and related, causal study(ies)
Blackmon, Wayne D. (1994, Fall). Dungeons and Dragons: the use of a fantasy game in the psychotherapeutic treatment of a young adult. Journal of Psychotherapy, 48:4, 624-632.
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1998 - Personalities of players of Dungeons & Dragons: by Hawke Robinson — published Feb 25, 2014 — last modified May 14, 2018 03:45 PM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Diagnosis: Depression, Abstract, correlative research, sociological / sociology, suicide / suicidal, stereotype(s) disproved, stereotype propagation, Diagnosis: Schizophrenia, schizophrenic, schizo-affective, and related, TODO, Effects of RPG, Material to read, schizoid / schizophrenic
ROBERT CARTER, AND DAVID LESTER (1998, February). Personalities of players of Dungeons & Dragons. Psychological Reports, 82(1), 182. Gamers' tendency to suicide no different from rest of population. 1 page.
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Christian Gamers Guild FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions by Christians about Role-playing Games: by Hawke Robinson — published May 10, 2013 — last modified May 17, 2020 10:05 AM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Diagnosis: Depression, Christians & RPG, stereotype propagation
Cached from their website. Not affiliated with RPG Research in any way..."If you are Christian and concerned about Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), or other role-playing games, here is a very useful FAQ from the Christian Gamers Guild that will help address all your concerns. "
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1988 - Therapy is fantasy: role-playing, healing, and the construction of symbolic order.: by Hawke Robinson — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Jun 21, 2020 05:58 AM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Anthroplogical/anthropology, Case study(ies), Potential RPG Research Question, Effects of RPG, correlative research, sociological / sociology, Diagnosis: Depression, anecdote, TODO, Material to read
Hughes, John (1988). Therapy is fantasy: role-playing, healing, and the construction of symbolic order. Australian National University honors paper in medical anthropology on the use of RPG in the self-treatment of clinical depression. 23 pages.
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