Publications

1. 2026
   A Blueprint for Unraveling Therapeutic Video Game Design Conference paper

   Naïma Gradi, Camille Carliez, Shadee Thiam, Swann Pichon, Mathieu Scheltienne, Chenyu Ye, Jan L. Plass, Daphne Bavelier

   Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY Companion '26) · DOI
2. 2026
   Video game-based interventions for anxiety and depression: from design to effectiveness PhD thesis

   Naïma Gradi

   Université de Genève, no. 960
3. 2025
   Analyzing Video Game Design Elements in Mental Health Interventions Conference paper

   Naïma Gradi, Jan L. Plass, Daphné Bavelier

   Joint Conference on Serious Games (JCSG 2025), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 16243, pp. 174–181 · DOI
4. 2024
   Evaluating the effect of action-like video game play and of casual video game play on anxiety in adolescents with elevated anxiety: protocol for a multi-center, parallel group, assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial Journal article

   Naïma Gradi, Adrien Chopin, Daphné Bavelier, Tomer Shechner, Swann Pichon

   BMC Psychiatry, 24, 56 · DOI

Talks & posters

1. 2026
   A Blueprint for Unraveling Therapeutic Video Game Design Poster

   CHI PLAY 2026 · York, United Kingdom · November 2, 2026

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2. 2025
   Analyzing Video Game Design Elements in Mental Health Interventions Poster

   Joint Conference on Serious Games (JCSG 2025) · Lucerne, Switzerland · December 4, 2025

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3. 2025
   Evaluating the effect of action-like game play and of casual game play on anxiety in adolescents with elevated anxiety: protocol for a randomized controlled trial Poster

   Learning and Plasticity Conference · Äkäslompolo, Finland · April 6, 2025

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