| 摘要 |
Method for treating a medical condition in a human patient comprising choosing a psychological strategy for treating the medical condition, encoding electronic instructions for an interactive video game in such a way that the interactive video game implements the psychological strategy, loading the electronic instructions into a microprocessor-based unit ( 10, 30 ) equipped with a display ( 14, 34 ) for displaying the interactive video game and with an patient input device ( 16, 16 a, 36 b, 36 c, 36 d, 36 e) for receiving responses to the interactive video game from the human patient, and instructing the human patient how and when to use the microprocessor-based unit ( 10 ) to play the interactive video game. The interactive video game contains instructions for a scoring procedure for quantitatively analyzing the medical condition of the human patient, and/or counseling instructions or self-care instructions. The video game can be used in conjunction with a physical parameter measuring device ( 54 ) connected to the microprocessor-based unit ( 10 ).
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