Electroconvulsive therapy portrayal in contemporary video games

@article{2423261,
   author = {Buday, Jozef and Neumann, Miroslav and Zaludova Heidingerova, Jana and Mares, Tadeas and Magyarova, Eva and Hong, Thai Le and Divacky, Daniel and Jireckova, Gabriela and Albrecht, Jakub and Kalisova, Lucie and Pol, Marek and Mahrik, Jakub and Buday, Patrik and Anders, Martin},
   article_location = {Lausanne},
   article_number = {January 2024},
   doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1336044},
   keywords = {electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); electroshock therapy; electroshock device; videogame; stigma},
   language = {eng},
   issn = {1664-0640},
   journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry},
   title = {Electroconvulsive therapy portrayal in contemporary video games},
   url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1336044/full},
   volume = {14},
   year = {2024}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2423261
AU  - Buday, Jozef - Neumann, Miroslav - Zaludova Heidingerova, Jana - Mares, Tadeas - Magyarova, Eva - Hong, Thai Le - Divacky, Daniel - Jireckova, Gabriela - Albrecht, Jakub - Kalisova, Lucie - Pol, Marek - Mahrik, Jakub - Buday, Patrik - Anders, Martin
PY  - 2024
TI  - Electroconvulsive therapy portrayal in contemporary video games
JF  - Frontiers in Psychiatry
VL  - 14
IS  - January 2024
SP  - 1-6
EP  - 1-6
PB  - Frontiers
SN  - 16640640
KW  - electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
KW  - electroshock therapy
KW  - electroshock device
KW  - videogame
KW  - stigma
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1336044/full
N2  - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an important treatment modality in psychiatry, considered to be the most effective option for pharmaco-resistant affective and psychotic disorders. Despite its great efficacy, it still remains a rather controversial method, which hinders its full potential. It is feasible to say that in part, this controversy is caused by a largely negative image of ECT displayed through media. The depiction of ECT in movies has been studied and well documented in the past. The aim of our study was to provide an overview of how ECT is represented in video games - a form of media where ECT representation has been overlooked in scientific literature so far. As with movies, most of these portrayals are negative, depicting ECT as an obsolete, aggressive or torturous treatment method.
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BUDAY, Jozef, Miroslav NEUMANN, Jana ZALUDOVA HEIDINGEROVA, Tadeas MARES, Eva MAGYAROVA, Thai Le HONG, Daniel DIVACKY, Gabriela JIRECKOVA, Jakub ALBRECHT, Lucie KALISOVA, Marek POL, Jakub MAHRIK, Patrik BUDAY and Martin ANDERS. Electroconvulsive therapy portrayal in contemporary video games. \textit{Frontiers in Psychiatry}. Lausanne: Frontiers, 2024, vol.~14, January 2024, p.~1-6. ISSN~1664-0640. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1336044.