<s>
SPARX	B-Application
(	O
Smart	O
,	O
Positive	O
,	O
Active	O
,	O
Realistic	O
,	O
X-factor	O
thoughts	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
online	O
computer	O
game	O
intended	O
to	O
help	O
young	O
people	O
with	O
mild	O
to	O
moderate	O
depression	O
,	O
stress	O
or	O
anxiety	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
taking	O
part	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
personality	O
test	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
determine	O
if	O
SPARX	B-Application
will	O
be	O
suited	O
and	O
helpful	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
SPARX	B-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
meets	O
the	O
Guide	O
who	O
explains	O
what	O
SPARX	B-Application
is	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
could	O
help	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
the	O
user	O
customizes	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
and	O
starts	O
to	O
journey	O
within	O
the	O
seven	O
provinces	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
complete	O
different	O
quests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
GNATS	O
fly	O
towards	O
the	O
avatar	B-Application
and	O
say	O
negative	O
things	O
like	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
"	O
you	O
're	O
a	O
loser	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Behind	O
the	O
SPARX	B-Application
project	O
is	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
researchers	O
and	O
clinicians	O
from	O
The	O
University	O
of	O
Auckland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr	O
Stasiak	O
also	O
coordinated	O
the	O
main	O
study	O
of	O
SPARX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drs	O
Fleming	O
,	O
Shepherd	O
and	O
Lucassen	O
carried	O
out	O
doctoral	O
studies	O
of	O
SPARX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
SPARX	B-Application
won	O
the	O
World	O
Summit	O
Award	O
,	O
supervised	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
e-Health	O
and	O
Environment	O
which	O
honors	O
excellence	O
in	O
multimedia	O
and	O
e-Content	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPARX	B-Application
was	O
also	O
rewarded	O
by	O
the	O
2013	O
International	O
Digital	O
Award	O
from	O
Netexplo	O
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
UNESCO	O
,	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
out	O
of	O
ten	O
most	O
innovative	O
and	O
promising	O
digital	O
initiative	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
such	O
success	O
,	O
in	O
2012	O
Dr	O
Lucassen	O
decided	O
to	O
develop	O
another	O
version	O
of	O
SPARX	B-Application
entitled	O
Rainbow	O
SPARX	B-Application
to	O
help	O
adolescents	O
attracted	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
sex	O
,	O
or	O
both	O
sexes	O
,	O
or	O
unsure	O
of	O
their	O
sexuality	O
.	O
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