A Video Game Intervention to Prevent Opioid Misuse Among Older Adolescents: Development and Preimplementation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid misuse and mental disorders are highly comorbid conditions. The ongoing substance misuse and mental health crises among adolescents in the United States underscores the importance of widely scalable substance misuse preventive interventions that also address mental health risks. Serious video games offer an engaging, widely scalable method for delivering and implementing preventive interventions. However, there are no video game interventions that focus on preventing opioid misuse among older adolescents, and there are limited existing video game interventions that address mental health.

Objective

This study aims to develop and conduct a formative evaluation of a video game intervention to prevent opioid misuse and promote mental health among adolescents ag

SUBMITTER: Aneni K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10656656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature