Deepwell has FDA clearance for games and interactive media focused on mental health.
Deepwell has FDA clearance for games and interactive media focused on mental health.
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DeepWell gets FDA clearance for games and interactive media to treat mental health issues

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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DeepWell Digital Therapeutics said it has received a groundbreaking clearance from the FDA for games and interactive media to treat mental health problems.

Ryan Douglas, chairman of Deepwell DTx, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the company was founded to use games to help address mental health challenges that were brought to light during the pandemic, such as isolation and loneliness, depression, stress and more.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.