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Kazem Barzegar1, Somayeh Barzegar2
1English Language Department, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran; Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Payame Noor University Postgraduate Center, Tehran, Iran.
Objectives:
To study the effect of playing cell phone chess game on treating panic attack.
Methods:
The chess game on an android cell phone was played by the researcher who was affected by panic attack as a post-traumatic disorder immediately after or before feeling of the start of symptoms. The right level of difficulty, i.e., levels 2-4, was selected for optimal results.
Results:
Playing chess game on the android cell phone prevented the manifestation of panic attack and led to the cure of this traumatic condition.
Conclusion:
Chess therapy with the right level of difficulty can be recommended as a very effective non-pharmaceutical method for the successful treatment of panic attacks.
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