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

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-conten...
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