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Wednesday, July 13 • 11:00am - 11:20am
How Games Deliver Critical Health Outcomes in Teens

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This session will highlight the silver lining of the COVID-19 global pandemic in that it opened the door for a major uptick in the requests and use of serious games given so many teens were out of school. Dr. Fiellin will discuss the portfolio of games developed and tested by the play2PREVENT Lab, with a specific focus on content related to mental health and substance misuse. Given the exponential increases in the co-occurring epidemics of mental health issues and substance misuse in adolescents during the COVID pandemic, these games are critical both in terms of their demonstrating the impact of digital games but also the importance of the health outcomes they address.
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Lynn Fiellin

Founding Director, play2PREVENT Lab, Yale Center for Health and Learning Games
Dr. Lynn Fiellin is a Professor of Medicine, the Child Study Center, and Public Health at Yale. She is also the Founding Director of the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games where she and her team focus on developing and evaluating videogame interventions... Read More →

Wednesday July 13, 2022 11:00am - 11:20am EDT
Microsoft Technology Center, 6th floor (Central Park West Stage) 11 Times Sq, New York, NY 10036, USA
  Health & Wellness, Talk