A recent study examined video game addiction in adolescents over a 6-year period. Researchers found that 90% of gamers don’t ...

If you don't think kids get hooked on video games, think again. If you Google "video game addiction," you will find more than a dozen pages of Web sites dealing with this issue. There are also many ...

From Pong and Pac-Man to Minecraft and Fortnite, video games have always been a lot of fun. Sometimes, however, gamers become fixated, compulsive or—worse—spiral into a full-blown gaming disorder ...

It’s hard to talk about addiction. The American war on drugs has dedicated over half a century to treating addiction like a crime rather than a disease—portraying drug abuse as a moral failing instead ...

Playing video games may seem like a harmless way to unwind after a long day at work or school. However, gameplay can sometimes dip into something deeper and more consuming. As gaming technology has ...

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For video game addicts, it might soon be "game over." In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said Monday that compulsively playing video games now ...

"I quit for months and then signed up again… I was obsessing about leveling my new character… what the hell is it about this game!?" —Online player of World of Warcraft We live in a culture of escapes ...

Dr. Hilarie Cash has been treating video game addiction for 15 years, working mostly with people hooked on massively popular multiplayer online role-playing games such as "EverQuest" and "World of ...

S1: I'm Andrew Bracken and this is Screen Time , featuring conversations about technology and kids in today's digital age. My kids are addicted to their screens. It's a common phrase many parents ...