Video GAME ADDICTION

BY: Belny Cruz

What is Video Game Addiction?

• Addiction is defined as “A primary, chronic disease, characterized by impaired control over the use of a psychoactive substance and/or behavior.”

• People who play games compulsively and avoid other responsibilities are video game addicts.

What is Video Game Addiction(Cont’d)

• Video game addiction is not an addiction that is recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

• It shares many of the symptoms of other addictions and is a rising concern.

Symptoms of Video Game Addicts

• Most non-school hours are spent on the computer or playing video games

• Falling asleep in school• Falling behind with assignments• Worsening grades• Lying about computer or video game use• Choosing to use the computer or play video

games, rather than see friends

Physical Symptoms That May Point To Addiction

• Carpal tunnel syndrome• Sleep disturbances• Backaches or neck aches• Headaches• Dry eyes• Failure to eat regularly or neglecting personal

hygiene

Interviews

What are the affects of Video Game Addiction?“It affects the same pleasure centers in the brain that make people want to come back," said Dr. Michael Fraser, a clinical psychologist on the upper East Side and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Interviews Pt.2

• Can video game addiction be as addicting as to alcohol?

"If you look at alcoholism and Internet addiction, it's the exact same pattern of behavior," agreed Dr. Kimberly Young, a psychologist and founder of the Center for Online and Internet Addiction in Bradford, Penn.

Interviews Pt.3

• Can Video Game Addiction be considered an actual addiction?

• "There is nothing here to suggest that this is a complex physiological disease state akin to alcoholism or other substance abuse disorders, and it doesn't get to have the word addiction attached to it," said Dr. Stuart Gitlow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

Seven Principles of Game Addiction

•Interactivity

• Customization

• Strong Identities

Seven Principles of Game Addiction (Cont’d)

•Well ordered problems

•Games are pleasantly frustrating

•Games are build around the cycle of expertise

•“Deep and Fair”

Follow Up

• Unplugged: My Journey Into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction

• You Know You're A Video Game Addict If

• Game Addiction: The Experience and the Effects

Questions

• What did you learn from this presentation of Video Game Addiction?

• Does anyone have any questions?

• Did this presentation, change your perspective about the seriousness of Game Addiction?

References• http://www.mesalegend.com/dangers-of-video-game-addiction-1.296317

0#.UY8tsrWkrEs

• http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/kids-addicted-video-games-violent-experts-article-1.1298338#ixzz2SyCKfKwX

• http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/196-scrum--gaming-addiction