A Game Software for Cognitive Function Rehabilitation, "Jcores"

Use of games for mental health care

Abstract

Schizophrenia caused by cognitive dysfunction is a major obstacle in daily life, school attendance and actual works. Rehabilitation for schizophrenia has recently been attempted to apply games to training and its usefulness has been confirmed. In this study, we developed a rehabilitation software "Jcores" with gamification using Unity, a game development engine. In this paper, we introduce 25 types of games that are implemented in Jcores. In addition, we report on the effectiveness of a training program "VCAT-J" using Jcores and activities to promote VCAT-J and Jcores.