The Times : declared in Playing Tetris soothes stress after trauma

People who suffer intrusive memories in the early days after a trauma are more likely to develop long-term post-traumatic stress disorder. Playing the game after a car accident is found to leave survivors with fewer traumatic memories Jack Guez/AFP/Getty ImagesPlaying Tetris for 20 minutes acts as a "vaccine" against post-traumatic stress disorder, an Oxford University study has suggested. People who played the video game soon after a car accident were found to have 62 per cent fewer traumatic memories over the next week. An Israeli plays Tetris on a building in Tel Aviv. Scientists believe that the distraction of a game stops the brain from consolidating troubling memories.

Post traumatic stress symptoms can be prevented by using Tetris in the emergency department, Health News, ET HealthWorld

The study was supported by funding from several bodies including the UK National Institute for Health Research, UK Medical Research Council, and The Wellcome Trust. Post traumatic stress symptoms can be prevented by using Tetris in the emergency department28 MARCH 2017, Sweden : A single dose psychological intervention including the computer game Tetris can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event. "It would make a huge difference to a great many people if we could create simple behavioural psychological interventions using computer games to prevent post-traumatic suffering and spare them these grueling intrusive memories. While most people do not develop PTSD after trauma, one of the core clinical symptoms in those who do involves recurrent and intrusive memories of the trauma (colloquially referred to as 'flashbacks'). A significant proportion of refugees, for example, show symptoms of PTSD."Anyone can experience trauma," says Professor Holmes.



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