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How to Engage with Gamers in Therapy
Last month, I published an article evidencing many, many ways video games can help with diagnosed mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, addictions and more. I wanted to include a section on…
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The Academics Challenging Gaming’s Relationship with Suicide
Content warning: This article contains frequent references to suicide and later mentions murder. Please proceed with caution. To say that the world of video game academia is interesting would be the understatement of…
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Are 30% of African Gamers Addicted? Exploring the Data
Very important update: On June 4th 2020, the research paper this article is based on was retracted by the publisher due to internal inconsistencies and “mathematically impossible” statistical analyses. While I am grateful…
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Is Gaming Addiction a Symptom of an Unhappy Life? A Study Explanation
The idea of gaming as a diagnosable addiction has sparked years of debate. A prominent debate within gaming addiction is the origin point for addictive gaming. While some argue that addictive components of…
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The Psychology of Internet Gaming Disorder
Since 2016, internet discourse has been consumed by discussion on Gaming Disorder. Gaming Disorder is the proposed diagnosis for gaming addiction put forth by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO has approved…
