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Computer and Video Game Addiction
URL: http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_gameaddiction.shtml

Description:
"When time spent on the computer, playing video games or cruising the Internet reaches a point that it harms a child's or adult's family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person may be caught in a cycle of addiction." This site provides lists of physical and mental symptoms for children and adults of video game addiction. Also includes a bibliography. From the National Institute on Media and the Family.

Publisher:
National Institute on Media and the Family

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Addicts
Compulsive behavior
Computer games
Video games

LII Database Information:
Record 507 created by Maria Brandt on 03/01/2005
Last modification on 03/01/2005
Published: 03/01/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/507