[umvi]

FDA approves all sorts of software as a medical device that it doesn't rigorously test or understand.

Completely serious - I bet Tetris could be approved by the FDA for ADHD treatment if The Tetris Company were willing to put in the effort for all the paperwork and fees.

[zeristor]

Tetris has been used to reduce PTSD:

“Can playing Tetris help prevent PTSD if you’ve witnessed something traumatic?”

https://theconversation.com/can-playing-tetris-help-prevent-...

[AILU77]

You don't need to put in efforts, I offer with ADHOCON.COM a contract legal manufacturer, we do all the paperwork incl. clinical evaluation for the developer and register the product with our QMS and Documentation for you

[fragmede]

equally seriously, if you ran proper scientific studies showing actual improvements with tetris because it's a very rules oriented game, vs something more abstract, like Stardew valley, isn't that actually a treatment?

[TeMPOraL]

If you ran them, and they did show actual improvement, and demonstrated the causal connection, then yes, it would be a treatment.

That is not what happened here, though.