How do you know if you are addicted to videogames?

How do you know if you are addicted to videogames?

The link between violent video game content and depression is plausible in light of research indicating that children's and adolescents' exposure to real-life violence, either as victims or witnesses, is associated with poor mental health outcomes including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

WHO declares gaming as mental disorder?

The World Health Organization (WHO) says yes. Recently, the WHO officially recognized "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition — adding the disorder to the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the organization's official diagnostic manual, according to CBS News.

Do video games cause social isolation?

It has been demonstrated that video game addicts suffered poorer mental health and cognitive functioning, and increased emotional difficulties, such as enhanced depression and anxiety, as well as more social isolation (4).