How To Cure Depression? Playing Video Games A Viable Treatment, Study Says

Treating depression is not an easy matter, and prescribing medication is far from a perfect solution. And given the nature of the problem, it is also often difficult to get patients to continue with the course of treatments. A study by researchers from the University of California, Davis, tested the idea of video games being an effective tool to treat depression by prompting the study's participants to play the games. And they found that when reminded, the participants played the game more often and in some cases, also for longer. The participants in the study were 160 student volunteers, average age 21, who said they had mild depression.