Tetris ‘helps to reduce trauma’

There’s an interesting article up at BBC News talking about research at Oxford University using Tetris of all things to combat the effects of PTSD.

I do find while playing games like Tetris, Pac-Man and Zuma that my mind does tend to ’switch-off’ as I focus entirely on the game at hand, so I’m not that sceptical about the claim myself.

What about yourself, video games as therapy, what do you think?