Video games help depression

A new study conducted at East Carolina University shows casual video games help reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in people with clinical depression.
ECU’s Psychopsysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic released the findings of the one-year, randomized, controlled clinical study today.
Nearly 60 subjects, half of whom served as controls, all meeting the criteria of clinical depression, participated in the study, which involved three family-friendly, non-violent puzzle games: Bejeweled 2^®, Peggle^™ and Bookworm Adventures^™. All of the games are made by PopCap Games, underwriter of the study.
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