Friday, June 15th 2007
Video Game Addiction Possibly a Mental Disorder
According to a 10 page report released by an American Medical Association committee, excessive video game playing leads to social dysfunction. As a result the committee is recommending it to become a formal disorder in the upcoming revision of the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV.' In the report a heavy video game user plays for more than two hours per day. This in turn leads to negative actions such as aggressive thoughts and aggressive behaviors. The report also compares video game addiction with that of pathological gambling.
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1UP
76 Comments on Video Game Addiction Possibly a Mental Disorder
Compare it to a sport: instead of beating up each other, we beat up virtual other people. Instead of drinking copious amounts of alcohol, we drink caffeine. Instead of sleeping with every female in sight (or trying to) we just forgo sleep in general.
LAN FTW! *begins packing up the PC's*