The Application of Serious Games in the Intervention of Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Abstract

Currently, a new treatment plan for social anxiety disorder using serious games as a tool is gradually forming internationally. This article uses Citespace to conduct an in-depth summary and investigation of the relevant literature on the use of serious games in the intervention of foreign SAD patients from 2013 to 2023, focusing on the technical platform, psychological mechanism, intervention effectiveness, and existing shortcomings of serious games to intervene in social anxiety disorder. A systematic review has been carried out. Based on this, this article proposes implications for the application of serious games in social anxiety in my country, that is, promoting public awareness of serious games, increasing investment in the research and development of localized serious games, improving the professional application of serious games etc., in order to explore serious games It has application potential in alleviating social anxiety disorder and developing a new treatment model for the treatment of social anxiety disorder in my country.