Danish Psychiatrists To Use Counter-Strike

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @05:48AM from the subjects-get-lost-on-way-to-computer? dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Boomtown.net article discussing a Danish hospital's use of Counter-Strike in tests regarding long-term depression. According to the article, experts "..will develop a special version of Counter-Strike for the [Aarhus psychiatric] hospital, which is ripped of all violent content, but still retains its unique 3D design.. Senior doctor Poul Videbech wants to use the maps for testing the navigational skills of patients, who have suffered from severe depression over a long time." Fraggin' awesome.

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This may actually hold water by Tim_F · 2003-07-22 06:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It is the geeks amongst us that are primarily depressed. I would postulate that this is because we live in a society that caters to the extroverts. Geeks are ot extroverted, for the most part they are extremely introverted, and the thought of having to live life in a world where there kind is not seen favourably is depressing. Just as the introverted geek has trouble navigating the social causeways of every day life, they may also have trouble navigating in real and virtual spaces.