Die Tetris-Gameplay-Behandlung trägt dazu bei, traumatische Flashbacks für Mitarbeiter im Gesundheitswesen an vorderster Front zu reduzieren

>In the first step, participants briefly recall the traumatic memory, without needing to describe it or go into detail. Next, they are taught how to use mental rotation, a cognitive skill using the mind’s eye. ICTI then requires participants to use this skill to play Tetris, but in a slower way, not typical of normal gameplay.

>The ICTI method overall is thought to occupy the brain’s visuospatial areas, therefore competing with the visual flashback, weakening its vividness and emotional impact, and critically, the frequency that it intrudes.

Personal comment: Seems similar to the way meditation helps alleviate anxiety symptoms.

Direct link to the study:

* [A digital imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(25)00397-9/fulltext)