Video Game Addiction

Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders, but don't respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience, integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS).

Video games are a common outlet for many kids, providing them with entertainment, social interaction, and even a sense of accomplishment. As parents, it’s important to know when your child’s favorite activity turns into an addiction. Luckily, you are not alone, and there are real solutions for your child’s video game habit. If you want to learn how to help your child create balance in their life with diversified interests and a renewed focus on responsibility, then you need A Parent’s Guide to Video Game Addiction.

Are you addicted to playing digital games? Whether you want to (1) reclaim your life, (2) help a friend who is addicted to gaming, or (3) just understand the dangers of online gaming, this audiobook will teach you everything you need to know.

Video games have become an important part of many lives. But what happens when it becomes a little too important? Sure, video games have some positive qualities: giving children a chance to meet new friends, providing an escape into fantastical new worlds, and giving them a competitive edge with updated quests and challenges. But what happens when it becomes too much? This book is here to help you through the intricate situation of guiding your child away from the controller and help them start taking control of their own life. 

Video game addiction, often considered a form of computer addiction or Internet addiction, has had more and more press over the years. Video games include computer games, console games, arcade machine games, and even cell phone, PDA, and advanced calculator games. Since the 1950s, gaming has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. People have recently become concerned about the long-term effects of video game playing, particularly on children.

When Pete Etchells was 13, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. Etchells is now a researcher into the psychological effects of video games, and was co-author on a recent paper explaining why WHO plans to classify "game addiction" as a danger to public health are based on bad science and (he thinks) are a bad idea. In this, his first book, he journeys through the history and development of video games via scientific study....

I have compiled these stories to not only help people with gaming addictions, but also to bring an understanding to family members and friends of gamers. There are so many aspects of gaming addiction, and these stories encompass various people's walks with playing excessive amounts of addicting games. This book is not a traditional book. You may want to jump around to different chapters in any order to find what stories most relate to you.

The following audio program will define video game addiction, list various signs to recognize and the problems associated with the disorder, while offering solutions for overcoming the ill effects. Rick Sheridan, a professor of Mass Media Communications at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Dr. Sheridan has also taught at California State University-Sacramento and Butte College. He has a master's degree in Media Arts, and has received awards for both his teaching and his Web design.

As children spend more and more time in front of their computer screens, we must accept that moderation is the key to everything, including time spent on computer games. Based on research, studies, and opinions from doctors and psychologists, as well as the author's own clinical experience, this book explains clearly what computer game addiction is, how much data gambling is too much, and what impact gambling has on the body and brain.

In this ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind book, you will discover the steps and techniques to break video game addiction and have a normal social life. Do you play Xbox or PlayStation all day and all night and lack a social skills? In this book we will provide tips to get out of that bad habit and live the life that you deserve.

This subliminal hypnosis program works for you on three different levels - positive affirmations will be spoken during your deepest state of open relaxation, low binaural beats that are almost imperceptible to the human ear work with your subconscious mind to anchor the positive affirmations to help you get over your video game addiction, and ancient Solfeggio tones encourage healing and wholeness with powerful harmonic frequencies. Along with seven different soothing sounds of nature, these three elements combined together are the triad of positive change that will propel you toward a better future.

Computer game habit is another idea of fixation with the presentation of computer games over the most recent 20 years or something like that. It is viewed as a mental compulsion, instead of a physical one and an individual who lives with this kind of dependence feels constrained to invest a ton of energy playing computer games alone or with companions. Get all that you have to know here.