Researchers out of Spain and Italy report a globally pooled Internet Gaming Disorder prevalence of 6.1% among adults ages ...

THE number of kids referred for gaming addiction treatment on the NHS has increased by 500 per cent in just six years. A ...

Co-authored by Richard Zhang, M.D., M.A. and Eunice Y. Yuen, M.D., Ph.D. In 2022, a year after China’s government prohibited youth under age 18 from playing online games more than three hours per week ...

A recent JAMA Network Open study investigated the efficacy and underlying neural mechanism of mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention for treating adults with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). IGD is ...

Gaming is a neutral hobby by design, but the culture of video games can be ethically gray, predatory and exploitative of young people and adolescents. The authors of a new book on internet gaming ...

Behavioral addictions like online gaming and betting are increasingly seen at de-addiction centers, affecting adolescents and ...

The Economic Survey 2025-26 advocates for a strategic "rebalancing" of youth engagement by combining restrictive safeguards, ...

Screen impact addictive use of smartphones, gaming and social media linked to lost study hours, lower productivity, sleep ...

The Economic Survey report 2026 cites the government’s decision to ban real money gaming platforms under the Online Gaming ...

A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and that continues ...

Digital addiction affects 25-30% of teenagers who exhibit problematic smartphone or internet use. There are mild, moderate, ...