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Viewpoints and Personal Experiences on Gaming and Games (11) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (520) Problematic Internet Use, Online Gambling and Game Addiction (108) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1290) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (602)

Published on in Vol 11 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/43388, first published .
Time to Think “Meta”: A Critical Viewpoint on the Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds for Mental Health

Time to Think “Meta”: A Critical Viewpoint on the Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds for Mental Health

Time to Think “Meta”: A Critical Viewpoint on the Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds for Mental Health

Authors of this article:

Vincent Paquin1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Manuela Ferrari1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Harmehr Sekhon1, 2, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Soham Rej1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

  1. Lee K. Counseling Psychological Understanding and Considerations of the Metaverse: A Theoretical Review. Healthcare 2023;11(18):2490 View
  2. Salloum S, Bettayeb A, Salloum A, Aburayya A, Khadragy S, Hamoudi R, Alfaisal R. Novel machine learning based approach for analysing the adoption of metaverse in medical training: A UAE case study. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 2023;42:101354 View
  3. Paquin V, Philippe F, Shannon H, Guimond S, Ouellet-Morin I, Geoffroy M. Associations between digital media use and psychotic experiences in young adults of Quebec, Canada: a longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2024;59(1):65 View
  4. Altaf Dar M, Maqbool M, Ara I, Zehravi M. The intersection of technology and mental health: enhancing access and care. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 2023;35(5):423 View
  5. González-Tapia M. Virtual emotions and Criminal Law. Frontiers in Psychology 2023;14 View
  6. Sokołowska B. Being in Virtual Reality and Its Influence on Brain Health—An Overview of Benefits, Limitations and Prospects. Brain Sciences 2024;14(1):72 View
  7. Chohan U. Non-Fungible Tokens: Blockchains, Scarcity, and Value. SSRN Electronic Journal 2021 View
  8. Mazumdar H, Sathvik M, Chakraborty C, Unhelkar B, Mahmoudi S. Real-Time Mental Health Monitoring for Metaverse Consumers to Ameliorate the Negative Impacts of Escapism and Post Trauma Stress Disorder. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 2024;70(1):2129 View
  9. López del Hoyo Y, Elices M, Garcia-Campayo J. Mental health in the virtual world: Challenges and opportunities in the metaverse era. World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024;12(17):2939 View
  10. Paquin V, Ackerman R, Depp C, Moore R, Harvey P, Pinkham A. Media Use and Its Associations With Paranoia in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment. JMIR Mental Health 2024;11:e59198 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Mohamed A, Al-Barazie R. Advances in Systems Engineering. View
  2. Bodenstein K, Paquin V, Sekhon K, Lesage M, Cinalioglu K, Rej S, Vahia I, Sekhon H. Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry. View
  3. Cacchione A. Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Metaverse. View
  4. Govindankutty S, Gopalan S. The Metaverse for the Healthcare Industry. View
  5. Borda A, Molnar A. The Arts and Computational Culture: Real and Virtual Worlds. View