DEBUNKED!! 4 Myths of Video Game Addiction

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Published on May 2, 2019 9:03:36 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziER2vShwU

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Video game addiction is a real mental health condition recognized by the World Health Organization, yet there are four prominent myths about the issue especially in the media. I hope today's video helps to clear them up.

Timestamps:

00:35 - #1 | Video Game Addiction only impacts a small number of people
03:20 - #2 | Gaming Addiction is just an escape from underlying mental health conditions
05:33 - #3 | It's not real because playing video games is healthy
06:54 - #4 | Gaming Addiction doesn't exist, it's just 'moral panic'

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Research Papers:

- A meta-analysis of pathological gaming prevalence and comorbidity with mental health, academic and social problems: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21925683

- Problem Gamers' Perceptions & Experiences of Therapy: https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10292/7726/DriverJ.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

- Clinical predictors of gaming abstinence in help-seeking adult problematic gamers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178117310375

- ASSA 2018 Paul Bourke Lecture: Dr Daniel King | Gaming Disorder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql9WOZlAx7A

- WHO Gaming Disorder: https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/


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