See the first-ever video game approved by the FDA as a mental health treatment. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Players of Akili Interactive's "EndeavorRX", the first-ever FDA-approved prescription video game, steer a craft through obstacle courses to collect targets.Some kids could soon have a doctor's note prescribing half an hour of video games every day.
EndeavorRX, which is used to treat children aged 8 to 12 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , can now be marketed and prescribed as "the first game-based digital therapeutic device to improve attention function in children with [ADHD],"In the game, players steer a flying craft through obstacle courses where they have to avoid hazards, like fire pits or underwater mines, while collecting targets.
Akili's team of neuroscientists and tech designers developed EndeavorRX to improve children's attention spans, using algorithms that can adapt the game in real-time to adjust the difficulty level depending on who is playing in order to personalize the treatment. The FDA noted that it reviewed data from multiple clinical studies involving more than 600 children before issuing the approval. Akili's game "offers a non-drug option" for treating children with ADHD and it's also "an important example of the growing field of digital therapy and digital therapeutics," Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said of EndeavorRX in a statement.
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