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SPARX and spirometry
SPARX is a new cognitive behavioural therapy based computer game for young people with depression. Sally Merry, an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Auckland, joins us to explain how it was created. Also this week Christine Jenkins, thoracic physician at Concord Hospital in Sydney, gives Mabel Chew a masterclass in spirometry.
See also
The effectiveness of SPARX, a computerised self help intervention for adolescents seeking help for depression
Investigating asthma symptoms in primary care
Audio chapters:
SPARX: 0:27
Spirometry: 9:58
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