Finnish Doctors Are Prescribing Video Games For ADHD

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 11, 2013 @08:35AM from the you've-been-self-medicating-for-years dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Ville Tapio runs a private psychiatry center in Helsinki, and psychiatrists had told him they were reluctant in particular to hand out drugs for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD drugs are psychostimulants, they are frequently abused, and kids can be prescribed them young and kept on a regimen for years. Tapio had an idea to do it better. His alternative? Getting people with mental health concerns to play video games. They're special video games, of course — ones that can change how your brain works, with a technique loosely termed gameified neuroplasticity therapy."

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Medication at work... by mythosaz · 2013-10-11 08:48 · Score: 3, Funny

Sorry boss, my doctor says I need to medicate every 2 hours while I'm awake.
Finnish Joke by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-11 08:51 · Score: 5, Funny

How do you tell the difference between an introvert and an extrovert in Finland? A Finnish extrovert looks at your feet instead of his own when talking.