In the debate around video game addiction, you often hear the objection that gaming is better understood as a coping mechanism for underlying mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, orattention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and not a disorder in its own right. Is this true?
MD, the criteria for video game addiction is the same as that for addiction to a substance. In both cases, the person requires more of the source as time goes on and becomes irritable and despondent when […]
While research onvideo game addictionis just beginning to blossom, scientists have revealed a few key insights — like the fact that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for video game addiction. Several treatments for gaming disorder are already available, as are interve...
Current literature supports both the identification of video game addiction as a disease, as well as the therapeutic potential of video games in clinical trials. We show the need for clinicians to be aware of the dangers associated with video game overuse and the need for future studies to ...
Video game addiction is now recognised by the World Health Organisation as a behavioral disorder, but so few have resources available for treatment or even understand that it is a problem. We want this to change. Our goal is to treat and support as many gaming addicts as we can. ...
This study investigated the effects of a manualized therapy for video game addiction in 12 males, ages 14-18 yr. The manual was based on cognitive-behavioral therapy, short-term strategic family therapy, solution-focused therapy, and motivational interviewing. Treatment response was reported by the...
gaming. One thing they do agree on is that the percentage of players who meet the proposed criteria for addiction to video games is small. It’s estimated to be somewhere between 1% and 9% of all gamers, adults and kids alike. (It’s more common in boys and men than girls and women...
We hypothesized that 6 weeks of bupropion sustained release (SR) treatment would decrease craving for Internet game play as well as video game cue-induced brain activity in patients with Internet video game addiction (IAG). Eleven subjects who met criteria for IAG, playing StarCraft (>30 hr/...
Outcome research has mainly focused on individual and group treatment approaches for internet and video game addiction treatment. However, family-based treatment for chemical addictions has been supported in the literature and could be adapted for treatment of internet or video game addictions. Family-...
A causal relationship with treatment was considered likely in 2 AEs, one in each group. Conclusions and Relevance Short-term treatment for internet and computer game addiction is a promising, manualized, short-term CBT for a broad range of internet addictions in multiple treatment centers. Further...