THE number of kids referred for gaming addiction treatment on the NHS has increased by 500 per cent in just six years. A ...

U of A researcher Lindsay Lundeen and an Auburn colleague found that gamers who identified as religious or spiritual were 62% less likely to experience major depressive disorder than those who lacked ...

The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's ...

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Warning: Online game playing can be hazardous to one's health. So far, such a warning--usually reserved for addictive products like cigarettes and liquor--has yet to appear on the growing stable of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As online video games increase in popularity—particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay home—some players are becoming addicted as they seek feelings of achievement ...

Long before Seung Hui Cho’s video game addiction to “Counter-Strike” was suspected of contributing to his massacre of Virginia Tech students in 2007, my students at George Mason University were ...

A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and that continues ...

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A Chinese sociologist is attacking internet gaming for its role in the decline of civilization. Tao Hongkai, a professor at Huazhong Normal University, claims that studies in over 100 Chinese cities ...

As online video games increase in popularity — particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay home — some players are becoming addicted as they seek feelings of achievement and escape, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Warning: online game playing can be hazardous to health. Sign up here. So far, such a warning -- usually reserved for addictive products like cigarettes and liquor -- has yet to ...