When we think about any addiction, we tend to focus on people who are utterly consumed by it — those whose lives are visibly ...

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 ...

Now, 25 years later, she’s a leading expert in that field, a professor of psychiatry and addiction ... online, integrated with social media, gamified and monetized. It’s all video games ...

Playing video games ... and co-author of a study published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions that discovered a key marker in the brain of teens who develop gaming addiction symptoms.

His addiction to video games caused health problems. In hospital 3 years ago, he was told he had the lungs of a 52-year-old, due to lack of exercise. Physical and mental health effects ...

Gamers who play to escape reality may contribute to online gaming addiction but there isn't sufficient evidence ... Because of this, they engage in activities like watching films, reading books, etc.

A significant subset of people who start sports gambling go on to develop an addiction caused by changes in their brain ...

As gaming grows, experts warn of rising online gambling risks for youth. A European project aims to protect players from ...