[Software] This video game reduces depression by up to 50%, do you know which one it is?

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If you suffer symptoms of depression or know someone who is going through it, today we bring you a video game that helps combat it. Or so says a German study, which concluded that the effects of this title for Nintendo Switch could improve the disease by almost half.

If you are expecting something striking, that you didn't know about and that you didn't know existed, I have to tell you no, it is a much more common and famous game than you think. This is Mario himself, in the Super Mario Odyssey version.

Super Mario Odyssey and depression?
Yes, although it is such a common video game, a study by German scientists would have carried out various tests with a group of people for 6 weeks, trying to see the benefits of playing Mario Odyseey at times when they suffered from depression.

The conclusion of the study revealed that people suffering from this disease would have improved significantly while using the Nintendo Switch console with the game, something greater than even programs dedicated especially for this.

The study is very revealing, and the results are really real and work, however, is it something from the mythical plumber's video game?.

 

 

Or, on the contrary, can playing with a console evade us from other problems and help cure symptoms of depression regardless of the game?

It has been shown on several occasions that video games can help people with many problems, so this study does not surprise us, and we are happy to know this data. Many times negative things have been attributed to these, and this is not always the case, as we can see today.

In the following link we can see the complete report where they tell us more information about how it was carried out. In summary we can see how 46 people with depression participated in the study, of which 14 played Mario, 16 used a specific program, and another 16 carried out regular treatments, like those received by any person with this disease, both at the psychotherapy level. as pharmacotherapy.

The result gave a clear advantage to the first group, thus positioning a game above any common program or treatment. Without having to take pills for it.

In any case, it is indicated that the tests carried out are not totally conclusive, and that further research will have to be done with larger groups and more specific tests. In any case, despite not knowing the exact improvement of this test, it is clear that if you suffer from depression, playing Mario Odyssey will at least not harm you, and anything that helps you is welcome.

And you, what do you think of these results? Do you think that a video game can help a person's mental health? Have you ever used this method as therapy for an illness? Has it helped you? Leave us a comment with your experiences and opinions.

 

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