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Almost 1 in 10 Young Video Game Users 'Addicted'
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Experts say that when playing video games becomes compulsive and results in kids skipping school or not playing with friends, that could signal other mental health problems.
"What you usually find with these kids is this [video game compulsion] is just the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Michael Brody, a psychiatrist in private practice in Potomac, Md., and chairman of the media committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. "Underneath you usually find a lot of depression and anxiety."
"To put a label like 'video game addiction' is too superficial," Brody said.
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The Nemours Foundation has tips for healthy TV, video game and Internet use.
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Last updated 4/20/2009
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SOURCES: Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D., assistant professor, psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and director, research, National Institute on Media and the Family, Minneapolis; Cheryl K. Olson, Sc.D., M.P.H., co-director and co-founder, Center for Mental Health and Media, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Michael Brody, M.D., psychiatrist, Potomac, Md.; American Psychiatric Association, news release, June 21, 2007; May 2009 Psychological Science
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