LEEDS, England, July 19 (Reuters) - When you think of addiction, the first things that come to mind are gambling, alcohol and drug abuse. Footballers down the ages have not been immune to falling into ...

Psychologists in Australia are warning that videogame addiction is on the verge of becoming a “national health problem” for the nation’s adults. “There is no doubt computer and computer games ...

A federal judge in Hawaii is allowing a man to sue the computer-game manufacturer NCsoft for negligence — with allegations that the plaintiff grew addicted to an online game and that it consumed his ...

Two lawsuits against some of the industry's leading companies, accused of enabling video game addiction, have been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. In a review of court records by Game File ...

Sandra Danilovic receives research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also a member of the not-for-profit videogame arts ...

It’s “game over” for these violent young men. Fed-up parents of male video game addicts are turning to trained professionals to help their kids kick the habit. Dr. Henrietta Bowden-Jones has treated ...

CDC reports 11-14 year old's spend 9 hours per day on screens for entertainment and US Surgeon General Advisory warns of the dangers of Social Media to youth It's not bad parenting that has brought us ...

My name is John, and I play computer games. No, no, I don't have a problem, not like that. At least I don't think I do (although isn't denial the first stage of something or other?) But over in China, ...

"I feel like my kid is addicted to video games!" This worry is becoming more and more common among parents. For most, it means that their child loves technology and has a difficult time unplugging.

Hollywood’s love-hate relationship with smoking and the current fad for Jeremy Kyle-style confessional talk shows are just two of the topics that will come under the spotlight at a major international ...

Mr. Siu is a founder of the mobile gaming developer Storm8. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has just signed legislation that would require social media companies to make sure new products won’t be ...