Effects of a Preventive Mental Health Curriculum Embedded Into a Scholarly Gaming Course on Adolescent Self-Esteem: Prospective Matched Pairs Experiment.

Christopher Jenson Sharon Fitzgerald Wolff Libby Matile Milkovich

Published in: JMIR serious games (2023)

Adolescents enrolled in a scholarly gaming curriculum with +MHM had improved self-esteem, shifting some participants from abnormally low self-esteem scores into normal ranges. Adolescent advocates, including health care providers, need to be aware of nontraditional educational instruction to improve students' well-being.

Keyphrases

mental health
young adults
healthcare
quality improvement
medical students
medical education
mental illness
emergency medicine
childhood cancer
physical activity