The International Games Summit on Mental Health takes place on October 9-10 in Toronto.
The International Games Summit on Mental Health takes place on October 9-10 in Toronto.
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Game industry’s first mental health event debuts in October

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The International Gaming Summit on Mental Health will take place on October 9-October 10 in Toronto, Canada, and it will be the first such event on mental health for game industry professionals.

It is based on the notion that game industry professionals are just like everyone else. And in any given year, one in five people in Canada and the United States will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. But games require a mental health conference of their own because the industry presents unique environmental challenges and opportunities. The event takes place on World Mental Health Day (October 10), acknowledging that growing awareness and recognition of mental health challenges is a good thing.

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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.