Comments on: Children, Mental Illness & Video Games

By: Children, Mental Illness & Video Games — Gamified Loyalty

Children, Mental Illness & Video Games — Gamified Loyalty — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:06:16 +0000

[...] Children, Mental Illness & Video Games Article written by Mike Langlois [...]

By: Mike Langlois, LICSW

Mike Langlois, LICSW — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:46:09 +0000

Glad you liked it Susan. And glad Mario is alive and well at your house. A study came out this past week that seems to indicate that girls who played video games with there fathers reported better relationships with them, so there may be something here. All the same, I do like the image in your recent post of your making cookies. Boys cannot live on video games alone!

By: Susan Giurleo

Susan Giurleo — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:25:01 +0000

Ah, Mike, this may be my favorite post of yours!! Thanks for helping us keep it all in perspective…

-from a mom of a 7 year old who loves Mario and also spent 2 hours today doing voluntary school work and reading….

By: therapydoc

therapydoc — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:02:49 +0000

Thanks. This is terrific. I’ll link over to you, best of luck.

By: DorleeM

DorleeM — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:13:05 +0000

Hi Mike,

It is very sad and wrong how both gamers and people with mental illness are marginalized and socially stigmatized by the larger population.

I think it’s great that you wrote this post to counter some of the prevailing misconceptions. The more people understand about gamers and those who have a mental illness, the more likely they are to see them for who they are, as opposed to who they think they are.

Take care,
Dorlee