Video Games Addiction

[pjmrg]

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hi, well thanks for reading this and thanks for answering, i have a presentation about vidio games addiction and comorbidity, but i cant find nice reviews about this topic, wich i find really frustrating, please if you could direct me where to find some i would REALLY appreciate.

Since its my first time writing something here i apologyze if i am not supposed to ask for things like this here.

Thanks for the answers

Paulo

 

[la_tortuga]

This is a really nice clinical case report from a few months ago. I recall them mentioning in the discussion that there is not much research in the area. Good-luck!


Sara E. Allison, Lisa von Wahlde, Tamra Shockley, and Glen O. Gabbard
The Development of the Self in the Era of the Internet and Role-Playing Fantasy Games
American Journal of Psychiatry 2006 163: 381-385

 

[pjmrg]

Thanks Man! this case is really nice, i found that there is not much information in the topic, in my country there is a lot of no scientific discussion, but nobody can tell how this really affects children and adolescentes.}


Thanks Again

Paulo

 

[Anuwolf]

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web2/mschlimme.html

and
http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/preteen/kids_culture/130.html

I tell ya what I would join VGA in a heart beat! When I start playing my PC games... I've notice that I can play up to several hours and not know the time that I spend on there until it's too late. It gets so bad few times that I can start playing the game around 8PM EST... then decide to call it quits around 4 to 6 AM EST.

Whats scary is that it can even cause death..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm

 

[pingouin]

Thanks Man! this case is really nice, i found that there is not much information in the topic, in my country there is a lot of no scientific discussion, but nobody can tell how this really affects children and adolescentes.}


Thanks Again

Paulo

Try a search on video game addiction and other addictive behaviors.

A friend of mine did her Fulbright research in this area, and last I heard was finding that heavy video game usage by adolescents may be a predictor of compulsive gambling in adulthood, specifically video poker addiction.

 

[pjmrg]

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web2/mschlimme.html

and
http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/preteen/kids_culture/130.html

I tell ya what I would join VGA in a heart beat! When I start playing my PC games... I've notice that I can play up to several hours and not know the time that I spend on there until it's too late. It gets so bad few times that I can start playing the game around 8PM EST... then decide to call it quits around 4 to 6 AM EST.

Whats scary is that it can even cause death..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm

Yeah man happens the same to me! lol